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Kintore railway station is a railway station in Kintore, Scotland. It is situated on the Aberdeen–Inverness line. Originally opened in 1854, it closed in 1964 but was reopened on a different site in 2020.[3][4]

Kintore Scottish Gaelic: Ceann Tòrr
Kintore railway station in 2020
General information
Location	Kintore, Aberdeenshire Scotland
Coordinates	57°14′37″N 2°21′01″W
Grid reference	NJ789170
Managed by	ScotRail
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	KTR[1]
History
Original company	Great North of Scotland Railway
Pre-grouping	Great North of Scotland Railway
Key dates
20 September 1854[2]	Opened
7 December 1964	Closed
15 October 2020	Reopened at a different site
Passengers
2020/21	8,474

History

Original station

The original station was opened on 20 September 1854 and located around 550 m (600 yd) south of the current station. The station became a junction in 1859 with the opening of a branch to Alford. This branch closed to passengers in 1949. Kintore railway station itself was closed in 1964 as part of the Beeching cuts.[5]

Modern station

Nestrans initially raised the possibility of reopening the station in 2009 as part of its 2010-2021 Rail Action Plan[6] and it was first discussed in the Scottish Parliament in October that year.[7] Plans to reopen the station were announced in December 2012.[8]

Reopening Kintore was made possible by the completion of phase one of the Aberdeen-Inverness Improvement Project, which redoubled the track between Aberdeen and Inverurie, increasing capacity for new passenger and freight services on the route.[9][5] The station cost £15 million,[10] funded by Transport Scotland, Aberdeenshire Council and Nestrans. The main contractor was BAM Nuttall. Construction started in 2019 with opening planned for May 2020,[11][12] but work was halted between March and July 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic,[13] which caused the opening date to be pushed back to 15 October.[14][15][16]

The new Kintore station is located around 550 m (600 yd) to the north of the old one, on the site of the junction for the now dismantled Alford branch.

Facilities

Facilities include a new footbridge and lifts for step-free access, bike storage facilities and a 168-space car park including disabled parking and 24 charging spaces for electric vehicles. Signs and benches from the original station were refurbished and installed at the new station.[17] The station is accessible generally including ticket machines; there is a waiting room but no ticket office.[18]

Passenger volume

Passenger Volume at Kintore[19]

	2020-21
Entries and exits	8,474

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

The new station is served by hourly trains between Inverurie and Montrose, and other services between Aberdeen and Inverurie/Inverness. Services to Aberdeen run half hourly at peak times Monday to Saturday, with an hourly service on Sundays.[20]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Dyce		ScotRail Aberdeen to Inverness Line		Inverurie
Dyce From Montrose		ScotRail Aberdeen Crossrail		Inverurie To Inverurie
	Historical railways
Kinaldie Line open; station closed		Great North of Scotland Railway GNSR Main Line		Inverurie Line and station open
Kemnay Line and station closed		Great North of Scotland Railway Alford Valley Railway		Terminus

References

Bibliography

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.

External Links

• Video footage of the station on YouTube

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