Date: 06/12/2012

A railway station in Aberdeenshire will reopen after 50 years, Transport Minister Keith Brown has announced. Mr Brown said Kintore station would reopen between 2014 and 2019. The station was closed in the 1960s after more than 100 years in service.

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An unidentified class 47 at Kintore in May 1987. The train is approaching the former junction for the Alford branch from the South. I had a fast car and no mortgage. Happy days.
Location: Kintore [1st]
Company: Great North of Scotland Railway
/05/1987 Ken Strachan

With the remains of Kintore station platform behind the photographer, an Inverness service disappears towards Inverurie on 19 October 2012. The line to Alford curved away to the left at this point and is still identifiable as such for a short distance.
Location: Kintore
Company: Great North of Scotland Railway
19/10/2012 John McIntyre