Kintore: First trains at Kintore on its day of re-opening. 43003 calls at the station.
Network Rail 15/10/2020
Kintore
Location type
StationName and dates
Kintore (2020-)Where: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Opened on the Great North of Scotland Railway.
Description
This two platform station opened to the north west of Kintore. In addition the railway, which had been reduced to a single track, was re-doubled in 2019 (see below).
The station includes a car park on its western side and a bus interchange. The station is fully accessible with a footbridge and lifts. It has 24, out of 168, parking bays with electric vehicle charging points.
The station site is north of the original Kintore [1st] station, the new station being built on the site of the former junction for Alford and a saw mill.
The line was doubled in 1882 between Kintore [1st] and Inveramsay. It was reduced to a single line between Dyce and Inverurie in 1969.
Tags
StationFacilities
Gaelic name: Ceann Torr
| Nearby stations Kintore [1st] Port Elphinstone Inverurie [1st] Kinaldie Inverurie Kemnay Pitmedden Lethenty Inveramsay Fingask Halt Dyce [1st] Oldmeldrum Parkhill Dyce Newmachar | Tavelty? Saw Mill Kintore Sand Pit Siding Forest Siding Inverurie Paper Mill Port Elphinstone Mills Tom^s Forest Quarry Don Viaduct Port Elphinstone Goods Paradise Quarries Paradise Siding Inverurie Works Tourist/other Boat of Kintore Level Crossing Kinkell Church Port Elphinstone Ground Frame Bruce^s Camp |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 30/11/1969 | Great North of Scotland Railway Inverurie to Kintore to Dyce singled. |
| /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). |
| /02/2011 | Great North of Scotland Railway Cost of two platform Kintore station estimated at £18.7m. |
| 15/10/2020 | Great North of Scotland Railway New Kintore station opened at a cost of £15m. |
