Inverurie railway station: Difference between revisions

'''Inverurie railway station''' is a [[railway station]] serving the town of [[Inverurie]], [[Aberdeenshire]], [[Scotland]]. It is managed by [[ScotRail]] and is on the [[Aberdeen to Inverness Line]], which is mostly single track north of this point, between [[Kintore railway station|Kintore]] and [[Insch railway station|Insch]]. It is measured {{Convert|16|mi|72|ch|abbr=off|km}} from [[Aberdeen railway station|Aberdeen]].<ref>{{Cite book |title=TRACKatlas of Mainland Britain: A Comprehensive Geographic Atlas Showing the Rail Network of Great Britain |publisher=Platform 5 Publishing Ltd |year=2017 |isbn=978 -1909431 -26 -3 |editor-last=Bridge |editor-first=Mike |edition=3rd |location=Sheffield |pages=96}}</ref>

The first station, then called '''Inverury Station''', was opened on 20 September 1854 on the [[Great North of Scotland Railway]] main line which ran between [[Aberdeen Waterloo railway station|Aberdeen Waterloo]] and [[Keith railway station|Keith]] stations.{{Sfn|Quick|2022|p=p=257}} It was situated {{convert|805|m|yd}} south of the present station.<ref name=Butt /> In 1856 it became the junction station for the new '''Inverury and Old Meldrum Junction Railway''' branch line to [[Oldmeldrum]]. Renamed '''Inverurie Station''' in 1866,{{Sfn|Quick|2022|p=p=257}} it was replaced in 1902 with a new building with three platforms at the present location close to the [[Inverurie Locomotive Works]] which was then being built.<ref name=canmore1>{{cite web | title = Inverurie, Old Station | url = http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/120077/details/inverurie+old+station/ | work = Canmore|publisher=Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland | access-date = 30 March 2013}}</ref> The station ceased to be a junction station in 1931 when the branch line was closed to passengers although freight traffic continued until 1966.<ref name=canmore2>{{cite web|title=Inverurie, Station Road, Inverury Railway Station|url=http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/120074/details/inverurie+station+road+inverurie+railway+station/|work=Canmore|publisher=Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland|access-date=30 March 2013}}</ref>

The branch line to Oldmeldrum was opened by the '''[[Inverury and Old Meldrum Junction Railway''']] company in 1856 and ran via {{stnlnk|Lethenty}} to {{stnlnk|Old Meldrum}} station (as it was then called). {{stnlnkSfn|FingaskQuick|2022|p=p=257}} was opened in 1866 and the company was absorbed into the [[Great North of Scotland Railway]] also in that year. A proposed extension to the [[Banff, Macduff and Turriff Junction Railway]] was considered but this was never built. The line was closed for passengers in 1931 and for freight in 1966.{{citation neededSfn|dateQuick|2022|p=May 2022p=257}}

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