Inverurie

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Inverurie (1902-)

Station code: INR National Rail ScotRail
Where: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Opened on the Great North of Scotland Railway.
Opened on the Inverury and Old Meldrum Junction Railway.
Open on the Aberdeen to Inverness.

Description

This is a two platform station with a large granite build single storey station building on the westbound platform. The station has a large car park. The station building has something of the appearance of distilleries to its design, with a ventilator (or is it a cupola?)! Internally the building has fine dark stained wood panelling. One room was the private waiting room of the Earl of Kintore (whose seat is Keith Hall near Inverurie).

The line to Aberdeen has recently (2019) been returned to double track and semaphore signalling replaced with coloured lights. To the west of the station is a reversing spur, a continuation of the westbound line, allowing local trains from Aberdeen to change direction or take refuge from a longer distance train. There are a pair of crossovers, one to take the line down to a single track going west and the other to allow a train from the siding to return to Aberdeen.

This was the second station in Inverurie, opening around the time the Inverurie Works opened (1901) along with its associated houses. The older station Inverurie [1st] was further south and on a cramped site, this station was closer to the works and the point of diversion of the branch to Oldmeldrum.

The line was doubled before the station opened, in 1882, between Kintore [1st] and Inveramsay.

Prior to opening there was a signal box here for the construction of the nearby works, 'Inverurie Loco Siding'. This box closed in 1902 when replaced by the new station's signal box (initially called 'Inverurie New Station' renamed simply 'Inverurie' after 1903 when the box at the old station closed).

Both platforms were heavily canopied and there was a bay platform at the north end, east side of the line, for the branch. Three tracks ran through the station, the centre line being a bypass which has been lifted. The main station building had a canopy over the road entrance.

The Oldmeldrum branch closed to passengers in 1931. It closed altogether in 1966.

The line east to Dyce and west to Insch was singled in 1969.

The goods yard was on the west side of the station, approached from the north. The locomotive works was slightly further north again.

The Cocoworks is based in the station building. (The name is a play on the nearby former locomotive works).

The Great North of Scotland Railway ran a bus service from Aberdeen (Schoolhill) which continued on to Chapel of Garioch.

After closure of the Buchan line concrete coated pipes which were previously transported from MK Shand [Invergordon] to Maud were transferred to Inverurie.

Local

Nearby the former Inverurie Works is being redeveloped for a number of uses.

The Sidings Inverurie accommodation.

Garioch Heritage Centre .

Tags

Station

External links

Canmore site record
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67

Facilities

Gaelic name: Inbhir Uaraidh
Listing: B

Nearby stations Inverurie [1st] Port Elphinstone Lethenty Kintore Fingask Halt Inveramsay Kintore [1st] Oldmeldrum Pitcaple Kemnay Kinaldie Wartle Oyne Pitmedden Newmachar	Inverurie Works Port Elphinstone Goods Don Viaduct Port Elphinstone Ground Frame Port Elphinstone Mills Inverurie Paper Mill Lethenty Mill Kintore Sand Pit Siding Tavelty? Saw Mill Ratch Hill Quarry Tourist/other Brandsbutt Stone Bruce's Camp Kinkell Church East Aquhorthies Stone Circle Boat of Kintore Level Crossing
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.