Alford railway station

Alford railway station is a former railway station in Alford, Aberdeenshire which now serves as a terminus for tourist narrow gauge railway, the Alford Valley Railway. The station used to be the terminus of a line, also called the Alford Valley Railway, from Kintore where it joined the Great North of Scotland Railway main line.[1]

This article is about the Scottish railway station. For the similarly named station in Lincolnshire, see Alford Town railway station.

Alford
General information
LocationAlford, Aberdeenshire
Scotland
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyAlford Valley Railway
Pre-groupingGreat North of Scotland Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
25 March 1859Opened
2 January 1950Closed
May 1980Reopened as narrow gauge terminus

History

Opened by the Great North of Scotland Railway it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923, passing on to the Scottish Region of British Railways during the nationalisation of 1948. It was then closed by British Railways.

The site today

The station is now the terminus of the Alford Valley Railway.[2] The northern part of the site, which was the former goods yard, was later redeveloped as the home of the Grampian Transport Museum.

Services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Terminus   Great North of Scotland Railway
Alford Valley Railway (GNoSR)		   Whitehouse
Line and station closed
Heritage Railways  Proposed Heritage railways
Terminus   Alford Valley Railway
3/4-mile of 2ft gauge line		   Whitehouse

References

Notes
  1. British Railways Atlas.1947. p. 38
  2. Alford Valley Railway web site

Sources
  • Butt, R. V. J. (October 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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
  • 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 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
  • Station on navigable O.S. map
  • "Alford Valley Railway". Retrieved 7 June 2011.

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