Alford Valley Railway
Introduction
This line is closed. The railway ran from Alford to Kintore [1st] where it connected with the Great North of Scotland Railway^s main line. Today the nearest station is at Inverurie, although a new Kintore station is set to open.
The line served several large quarries near Kemnay and Tillyfourie.
Dates
| / /1856 | Alford Valley Railway Act receives Royal assent. |
| 21/03/1859 | Alford Valley Railway Line opened |
| 30/07/1866 | Alford Valley RailwayGreat North of Scotland Railway Alford Valley Railway absorbed by Great North of Scotland Railway. |
| / /1903 | Great North of Scotland Railway Alford Valley Railway Inverury and Old Meldrum Junction Railway St Combs Light Railway (Great North of Scotland Railway) Railcars used on the Alford, Lossiemouth, Old Meldrum and St Combs lines. |
| 02/01/1950 | Alford Valley Railway Alford to Kintore [1st] closed to passengers. |
| 02/01/1966 | Alford Valley Railway Alford to Paradise Siding closed to freight. |
| 07/11/1966 | Alford Valley Railway Paradise Siding to Kintore [1st] closed to freight. |
Portions of line and locations
This line is divided into a number of portions.
Kintore to Alford
This single track passenger and goods line ran from Kintore to Alford.
This was a three platform station. There were two platforms on the main line and a bay platform at the north end, on the west side, for the Alford branch. There was a goods yard also at the north end on the west side, approached from the north. There was a turntable for the branch locomotive.
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See also
Great North of Scotland Railway
Ewan Crawford 03/02/1997
Ewan Crawford 03/02/1997
John McIntyre 19/10/2012
Ken Strachan /05/1987
This siding was to the north of Kintore [1st] station on the Alford Valley Railway. It was located on the north side of the line and served from the east. ...
More detailsThis was a single platform station. The station building was in timber.
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This was a single platform station on the single track Alford branch. The platform was on the north side of the line with a goods yard to the east, also on the north side, served from the east. A sawmill was built in the yard after opening.
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This was a two platform station with a passing loop on a single track line. The main station building was on the westbound platform.
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Wyndham Williams /04/2015
Wyndham Williams 15/12/2015
Ewan Crawford 03/02/1997
Wyndham Williams 14/02/2016
This was a single platform station on the south of the line and to the east of the terminus, Alford.
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Wyndham Williams 15/12/2015
This was a single platform terminus on a standard gauge railway. Today the site is a station on a narrow gauge railway.
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See also
Grampian Transport Museum
John McIntyre 16/10/2012
Charlie Niven //
Ewan Crawford 03/02/1997
Charlie Niven //
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