Inverurie: Looking south across the platforms at Inverurie in November 2006. The recent refurbishment and repainting work included the footbridge.
John Furnevel 06/11/2006
Inverurie
Location type
StationName and dates
Inverurie (1902-)Station code: INR National Rail ScotRail
Where: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Opened on the Great North of Scotland Railway.
Opened on the Inverury and Old Meldrum Junction Railway.
Open on the Aberdeen to Inverness.
Description
This is a two platform station with a large granite built single storey station building on the westbound platform. The station has a large car park. The station building has something of the appearance of distilleries to its design, with a ventilator (or is it a cupola?)! Internally the building has fine dark stained wood panelling. One room was the private waiting room of the Earl of Kintore (whose seat is Keith Hall near Inverurie).
The line to Aberdeen has recently (2019) been returned to double track and semaphore signalling replaced with coloured lights. To the west of the station is a reversing spur, a continuation of the westbound line, allowing local trains from Aberdeen to change direction or take refuge from a longer distance train. There are a pair of crossovers, one to take the line down to a single track going west and the other to allow a train from the siding to return to Aberdeen.
This was the second station in Inverurie, opening around the time the Inverurie Works opened (1901) along with its associated houses. The older station Inverurie [1st] was further south and on a cramped site, this station was closer to the works and the point of diversion of the branch to Oldmeldrum.
The line was doubled before the station opened, in 1882, between Kintore [1st] and Inveramsay.
Prior to opening there was a signal box here for the construction of the nearby works, 'Inverurie Loco Siding'. This box closed in 1902 when replaced by the new station's signal box (initially called 'Inverurie New Station' renamed simply 'Inverurie' after 1903 when the box at the old station closed).
Both platforms were heavily canopied and there was a bay platform at the north end, east side of the line, for the branch. Three tracks ran through the station, the centre line being a bypass which has been lifted. The main station building had a canopy over the road entrance.
The Oldmeldrum branch closed to passengers in 1931. It closed altogether in 1966.
The line east to Dyce and west to Insch was singled in 1969.
The goods yard was on the west side of the station, approached from the north. The locomotive works was slightly further north again.
The Cocoworks is based in the station building. (The name is a play on the nearby former locomotive works).
The Great North of Scotland Railway ran a bus service from Aberdeen (Schoolhill) which continued on to Chapel of Garioch.
After closure of the Buchan line concrete coated pipes which were previously transported from MK Shand [Invergordon] to Maud were transferred to Inverurie.
Local
Nearby the former Inverurie Works is being redeveloped for a number of uses.
The Sidings Inverurie accommodation.
Garioch Heritage Centre .
https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/news/local/50-tonne-granite-roll-craned-into-position-at-north-east-heritage-centre/
Tags
StationExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
Facilities
Gaelic name: Inbhir UaraidhListing: B
| Nearby stations Inverurie [1st] Port Elphinstone Lethenty Kintore Fingask Halt Inveramsay Kintore [1st] Oldmeldrum Pitcaple Kemnay Kinaldie Wartle Oyne Pitmedden Newmachar | Inverurie Works Port Elphinstone Goods Don Viaduct Port Elphinstone Mills Inverurie Paper Mill Lethenty Mill Forest Siding Kintore Sand Pit Siding Tavelty? Saw Mill Tom^s Forest Quarry Tourist/other Brandsbutt Stone Port Elphinstone Ground Frame Bruce^s Camp Kinkell Church East Aquhorthies Stone Circle |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1805 | Aberdeenshire Canal Opened from Port Elphinstone, Inverurie, to Aberdeen Harbour. The Great North of Scotland Railway later used its course for its line between Port Elphinstone and Aberdeen Waterloo. |
| 12/09/1854 | Great North of Scotland Railway Huntly to Aberdeen Kittybrewster opened to freight. Passing places at: Aberdeen Kittybrewster, Kintore [1st], Inverurie, Insch and Huntly. |
| 10/02/1902 | Great North of Scotland RailwayInverury and Old Meldrum Junction Railway Inverurie (New) station opened further north. The new larger station had a bay platform for the Old Meldrum trains. |
| 02/11/1931 | Inverury and Old Meldrum Junction Railway Old Meldrum to Inverurie closed to passengers. |
| 03/01/1966 | Inverury and Old Meldrum Junction Railway Old Meldrum to Inverurie closed to freight. |
| 30/11/1969 | Great North of Scotland Railway Inverurie to Kintore to Dyce singled. |
| 07/12/1969 | Great North of Scotland Railway Insch to Inveramsay to Inverurie singled. |
| /03/2000 | Great North of Scotland Railway Railtrack and First Engineering oppose construction of a supermarket alongside the railway at Inverurie citing trespass. (Construction went ahead.) |
| /11/2001 | Great North of Scotland Railway Inverurie signal box outside refurbished. |
| 12/02/2004 | Great North of Scotland Railway Derailment at Inverurie. Rear of Aberdeen to Inverness train derails at south end. |
| /03/2008 | Great North of Scotland Railway Aberdeenshire Council asks for details of a possible new Kintore station and loop (to split the 14 miles of single track between Dyce and Inverurie). |
