Alford railway station

This article is about the Scottish railway station. For the similarly named station in Lincolnshire, see Alford Town railway station.
Alford
Location
Place Alford
Area Aberdeenshire
Operations
Original company Alford Valley Railway
Pre-grouping Great North of Scotland Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms 1
History
25 March 1859 Station opens
2 January 1950 Station closes
May 1980 Station opens as narrow gauge terminus
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z
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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]

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 the British Railways Board.

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
  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

Coordinates: 57°13′54.2″N 2°41′56.1″W / 57.231722°N 2.698917°W / 57.231722; -2.698917

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