Kintore railway station


Kintore railway station was a railway station in Kintore, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It served as a junction between the main line and an abandoned branch to Alford. It was closed in 1964 as part of the Beeching cuts.

Reopening

initially raised the possibility of reopening the station in 2009 as part of its 2010-2021 Rail Action Plan and it was first discussed in the Scottish Parliament in October that year.
Plans to reopen the station were announced in December 2012 and in February 2014 Aberdeenshire West MSP, Dennis Robertson, raised the issue in parliament for a second time. This follows a wider £170 million project to upgrade the Aberdeen to Inverness Line, which will also see the Aberdeen to Inverurie section have its double track reinstated. The station is expected to cost £14.5 million, funded by Transport Scotland, Aberdeenshire Council and Nestrans. The main contractor is BAM Nuttall. Construction started in 2019 with a planned opening date for the station of May 2020. However, due to the coronavirus pandemic, in March 2020 the Network Rail Board decided to halt and shut down all enhancement works on the railways, including Kintore station. Work on the station restarted in July.
The new Kintore station will be to the north of the old one, on the site of the junction for the Alford branch. Facilities will include a new footbridge and lifts for step-free access, bike storage facilities and a 168-space car park including disabled parking and 24 spaces for electric vehicles. All Aberdeen-Inverness trains will call at the station.

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