Inverurie railway station facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Inverurie Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Uaraidh
ScotRail HST at Inverurie Station, June 2019
Location	Inverurie, Aberdeenshire Scotland
Coordinates	57°17′12″N 2°22′25″W / 57.2867°N 2.3737°W / 57.2867; -2.3737
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	INR
History
Pre-grouping	Great North of Scotland Railway
Key dates
20 September 1854	Opened as Inverury
1 May 1866	Renamed
10 February 1902	Resited 805 m (880 yd) north
Traffic
Passengers (2017/18)	0.489 million
Passengers (2018/19)	0.356 million
Passengers (2019/20)	0.339 million
Passengers (2020/21)	78,358
Passengers (2021/22)	0.242 million
Listed Building – Category B
Designated	18 May 1999
Reference no.	LB46174

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 and Insch. It is measured 16 miles 72 chains (27.2 kilometres) from Aberdeen.

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 (880 yd) south of the present station. 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. The station ceased to be a junction station in 1931 when the branch line was closed to passengers although freight traffic continued until 1966.

The station, Category B listed, is single storied and has a cupola with windvane.

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.

Facilities

The station in 2013

Both platforms are equipped with shelters, help points and benches. Platform 1 also has a staffed ticket office, a ticket machine, separate waiting room and bike racks, which is also adjacent to the car park. There is a step-free access path at the end of the platforms, although there is also a footbridge in the centre of the station.

Services

As of May 2022, the stations sees approximately 1 train every 2 hours between Aberdeen and Inverness, calling at all stations, as well as an hourly shuttle to Montrose. One per day continues to Edinburgh Waverley and one to Stonehaven. There are additional shuttle services between here and Aberdeen to fill gaps in the service, giving 2 - 3 trains per hour between here and Aberdeen.

2018 improvements

Service frequencies improved here from 2018 as part of the timetable recast funded by Transport Scotland. A new "Aberdeen Crossrail" commuter service was introduced from here to Montrose, which calls at all intermediate stations en route once per hour. There are now at least two departures each hour to Aberdeen, with the existing through services to Inverness, Edinburgh & Glasgow maintained or increased in number. A £170 million project to upgrade the Aberdeen to Inverness route saw the line from Aberdeen redoubled in between June and August 2019.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Kintore		ScotRail Aberdeen to Inverness Line		Insch
Kintore From Montrose		ScotRail Aberdeen Crossrail		Terminus
Historical railways
Kintore Line and station open		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