Inverurie railway station
Inverurie  | |
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Southbound train at Inverurie station in 2005 | |
| Location | |
| Place | Inverurie |
| Local authority | Aberdeenshire |
| Coordinates | 57°17′12″N 2°22′25″W / 57.2867°N 2.3737°WCoordinates: 57°17′12″N 2°22′25″W / 57.2867°N 2.3737°W |
| Grid reference | NJ775217 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | INR |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2002/03 | 0.110 million |
| 2004/05 |
 0.128 million |
| 2005/06 |
0.154 million |
| 2006/07 |
0.176 million |
| 2007/08 |
0.195 million |
| 2008/09 |
0.224 million |
| 2009/10 |
0.292 million |
| 2010/11 |
0.346 million |
| 2011/12 |
0.404 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.452 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.502 million |
| History | |
| Pre-grouping | Great North of Scotland Railway |
| 20 September 1854[1] | Opened as Inverury |
| 1 May 1866[1] | Renamed |
| 10 February 1902[1] | Resited 805m north |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Inverurie from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
| UK Railways portal | |
Inverurie railway station is a railway station serving the town of Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the single-track Aberdeen to Inverness Line. Also, it is the terminus for some trains on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Lines through Aberdeen as part of the Aberdeen Crossrail project. The station, Category B listed, is single storied and has a cupola with windvane.[2][3] The main building, adjacent to the car park to the west, is on the platform used for most trains at the two-platform through station. According to Office of Rail Regulation data Inverurie is only one of four stations in the UK which gets annual usage of over half a million journeys with just an hourly service (Blackrod, Bromsgrove and Knutsford being the other 3 stations.)[4][5]
History
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 and Keith stations. It was situated 805 metres south of the present station.[1] 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, 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.[6] The station ceased to be a junction station in 1931 when the branch line was closed to passengers although freight traffic continued until 1966.[2][7]
Services
May 2012
- Westbound towards Inverness
- 11 services daily (Monday to Saturday)
- 5 services on Sunday
- South-eastbound towards Aberdeen
- 22 services daily (Monday to Saturday); nine continue south of Aberdeen as through train towards Glasgow Queen Street (2) and Edinburgh Waverley (7)
- 5 services on Sunday
Inverury and Old Meldrum Junction Railway
The branch line to Oldmeldrum was opened by the Inverury and Old Meldrum Junction Railway company in 1856 and ran via Lethenty to Old Meldrum station (as it was then called). Fingask 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.[8]
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dyce | Abellio ScotRail Aberdeen to Inverness Line |
Insch | ||
| Dyce | Abellio ScotRail Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line |
Terminus | ||
| Dyce | Abellio ScotRail Glasgow to Aberdeen Line |
Terminus | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Kintore Line open; Station closed |
Great North of Scotland Railway GNoSR Main Line |
Inveramsay Line open; Station closed | ||
| Terminus | Great North of Scotland Railway Inverury and Old Meldrum Junction Railway |
Lethenty | ||
References
- 1 2 3 4 Butt 1995, p. 128
- 1 2 "Inverurie, Statiion Road, Inverury Railway Station". Canmore. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
- ↑ Listed Buildings. "Inverurie Railway Station (Ref:46174)". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
- ↑ http://orr.gov.uk/statistics/published-stats/station-usage-estimates
- ↑ http://www.networkrail.co.uk/aspx/3828.aspx
- ↑ "Inverurie, Old Station". Canmore. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
- ↑ "Chronology for Inverury and Old Meldrum Junction Railway". RAILSCOT. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
- ↑ "Inverury and Old Meldrum Junction Railway". A History of Britain's Railways. RAILSCOT. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
Sources
- Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.
- "RAILSCOT on Great North of Scotland Railw1854ay".
- "RAILSCOT on Inverury and Old Meldrum Junction Railway".
- "National Rail Timetable 240 (May 2012) - Aberdeen and Elgin - Inverness" (PDF).