Kintore railway station

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History

Original station

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The remains of the original station in 2017 before track was redoubled

The original station was opened on 20 September 1854 and located around Script error: No such module "convert". 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.[3]

Modern station

Nestrans initially raised the possibility of reopening a Kintore station in 2009 as part of its 2010-2021 Rail Action Plan[4] and it was first discussed in the Scottish Parliament in October that year.[5] Plans to reopen the station were announced in December 2012.[6]

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.[7][3] The station cost £15 million,[8] funded by Transport Scotland, Aberdeenshire Council and Nestrans. The main contractor was BAM Nuttall. Construction started in 2019 with opening planned for May 2020,[9][10] but work was halted between March and July 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic,[11] which caused the opening date to be pushed back to 15 October.[12][13][14]

The new Kintore station is located around Script error: No such module "convert". to the north of the old one, on the site of the junction for the now dismantled Alford branch.

Facilities

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The accessible footbridge

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.[15] The station is accessible generally including ticket machines; there is a waiting room but no ticket office.[16]

Passenger volume

Passenger Volume at Kintore[17]
2020–21 2021–22 2022–23
Entries and exits 8,474 66,168 85,348

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

The typical service in trains per hour is:[18]

On Sundays, the service to Inverurie is reduced to 1 tph, of which 5 trains per day continue to Inverness, the service to Aberdeen reduces to 1 train per hour, and these trains do not continue to Montrose.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Dyce 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;" |   Inverurie
Dyce
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;" |   Inverurie
Terminus
  Historical railways  <templatestyles src="S-note/styles.css" />
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

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  3. ↑ a b Work on track for north-east railway station to re-open in 2019 King, Joshua The Press & Journal article 20 April 2016; Retrieved 19 August 2016
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  6. ↑ "New rail stations for Kintore and Dalcross"BBC News - NE Scotland, Orkney & Shetland news article 7 December 2012
  7. ↑ "Aberdeen to Inverness Rail Improvement Project, Scotland" Railway-Technology.com; Retrieved 19 August 2016
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  9. ↑ BAM wins contract for Aberdeenshire station The Construction Index article 30 May 2019; Retrieved 31 May 2019
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  18. ↑ eNRT May 2022 Edition, Table 214

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Bibliography

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External links

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