Inverurie railway station

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Template other Inverurie railway station is a railway station serving the town of Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is managed by ScotRail and is on the Aberdeen to Inverness Line, which is mostly single track north of this point, between Kintore and Insch. It is measured from Aberdeen.

History

The first station, then called Inverury, was opened on 20 September 1854 on the Great North of Scotland Railway main line which ran between Aberdeen Waterloo and Keith stations.Template:Sfn It was situated south of the present station. In 1856 it became the junction station for the new Inverury and Old Meldrum Junction Railway branch line to Oldmeldrum. Renamed Inverurie in 1866,Template:Sfn it was replaced in 1902 with a new building with three platforms at the present location close to the Inverurie Locomotive Works which was then being built. The station ceased to be a junction station in 1931 when the branch line was closed to passengers although freight traffic continued until 1966.

The station, Category B listed, is single storied and has a cupola with windvane.

Inverury and Old Meldrum Junction Railway

The branch line to Oldmeldrum was opened by the Inverury and Old Meldrum Junction Railway company in 1856 and ran via Lethenty to Old Meldrum station (as it was then called).Template:Sfn A proposed extension to the Banff, Macduff and Turriff Junction Railway was considered but this was never built. The line was closed for passengers in 1931.Template:Sfn

Facilities

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The station in 2013

Both platforms are equipped with shelters, help points and benches. Platform 1 also has a staffed ticket office, a ticket machine, separate waiting room and bike racks, which is also adjacent to the car park. There is a step-free access path at the end of the platforms, although there is also a footbridge in the centre of the station.

Passenger volume

Passenger Volume at Inverurie

	2002–03	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12	2012–13	2013–14	2014–15	2015–16	2016–17	2017–18	2018–19	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23
Entries and exits	109,824	127,779	154,103	175,934	195,139	223,566	292,408	345,790	403,950	451,854	501,646	534,462	533,972	511,708	488,950	355,824	339,064	78,358	242,450	288,356

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

As of May 2022, the stations sees approximately 1 train every 2 hours between Aberdeen and Inverness, calling at all stations, as well as an hourly shuttle to Montrose. One per day continues to Edinburgh Waverley and one to Stonehaven. There are additional shuttle services between here and Aberdeen to fill gaps in the service, giving 2 - 3 trains per hour between here and Aberdeen.

2018 improvements

Service frequencies improved here from 2018 as part of the timetable recast funded by Transport Scotland. A new "Aberdeen Crossrail" commuter service was introduced from here to Template:Rws, which calls at all intermediate stations en route once per hour. There are now at least two departures each hour to Aberdeen, with the existing through services to Inverness, Edinburgh & Glasgow maintained or increased in number. A £170 million project to upgrade the Aberdeen to Inverness route saw the line from Aberdeen redoubled in between June and August 2019.

Preceding station	National Rail National Rail			Following station
Kintore	style="background:#Template:ScotRail colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	ScotRail Aberdeen to Inverness Line	style="background:#Template:ScotRail colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	Insch
Kintore Towards Montrose	style="background:#Template:ScotRail colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	ScotRail Aberdeen Crossrail	style="background:#Template:ScotRail colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	Terminus
	Historical railways
Kintore Line and station open	style="background:#Template:GNoSR colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	Great North of Scotland Railway GNoSR Main Line	style="background:#Template:GNoSR colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	Inveramsay Line open; Station closed
Terminus	style="background:#Template:GNoSR colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	Great North of Scotland Railway Inverury and Old Meldrum Junction Railway	style="background:#Template:GNoSR colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	Lethenty

External links

• Train times and station information for Inverurie railway station from National Rail