Inverurie railway station

Inverurie

Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Uaraidh[1]
National Rail
ScotRail HST at Inverurie Station, June 2019
General information
LocationInverurie, Aberdeenshire
Scotland
Coordinates57°17′12″N 2°22′25″W / 57.2867°N 2.3737°W / 57.2867; -2.3737
Grid referenceNJ775217
Managed byScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeINR[2]
History
Pre-groupingGreat North of Scotland Railway
Key dates
20 September 1854[3]Opened as Inverury
1 May 1866[3]Renamed
10 February 1902[3]Resited 805 m (880 yd) north
Passengers
2019/20Decrease 0.339 million
2020/21Decrease 78,358
2021/22Increase 0.242 million
2022/23Increase 0.288 million
2023/24Increase 0.358 million
Listed Building – Category B
Designated18 May 1999
Reference no.LB46174[4]
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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.[5]

History

The first station, then called Inverury, was opened on 20 September 1854 on the Great North of Scotland Railway main line which ran between Aberdeen Waterloo and Keith stations.[6] It was situated 805 metres (880 yd) south of the present station.[3] In 1856 it became the junction station for the new Inverury and Old Meldrum Junction Railway branch line to Oldmeldrum. Renamed Inverurie in 1866,[6] 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.[7] The station ceased to be a junction station in 1931 when the branch line was closed to passengers although freight traffic continued until 1966.[8]

The station, Category B listed, is single storied and has a cupola with windvane.[8][4]

Inverury and Old Meldrum Junction Railway

See also: Old Meldrum railway station

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).[6] 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.[6]

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.[9]

Passenger volume

Passenger Volume at Inverurie[10]
2002–03 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23
Entries and exits 109,824 127,779 154,103 175,934 195,139 223,566 292,408 345,790 403,950 451,854 501,646 534,462 533,972 511,708 488,950 355,824 339,064 78,358 242,450 288,356

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

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.[11]

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.[12] 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.[13]

Preceding station National Rail 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

References

  1. ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. ^ Deaves, Phil. "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d Butt 1995, p. 128
  4. ^ a b Historic Environment Scotland. "Inverurie Railway Station (Category B Listed Building) (LB46174)". Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  5. ^ Bridge, Mike, ed. (2017). TRACKatlas of Mainland Britain: A Comprehensive Geographic Atlas Showing the Rail Network of Great Britain (3rd ed.). Sheffield: Platform 5 Publishing Ltd. p. 96. ISBN 978-1909431-26-3.
  6. ^ a b c d Quick 2022, p. p=257.
  7. ^ "Inverurie, Old Station". Canmore. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  8. ^ a b "Inverurie, Station Road, Inverury Railway Station". Canmore. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  9. ^ "National Rail Enquiries -". www.nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  10. ^ "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  11. ^ eNRT May 2022 Edition, Table 214
  12. ^ "‘Rail revolution’ means 200 more services and 20,000 more seats for Scots passengers" Archived 2016-08-20 at the Wayback MachineTransport Scotland press release 15 March 2016; Retrieved 19 August 2016
  13. ^ "Aberdeen to Inverness Rail Improvement Project, Scotland"Railway-technology.com article; Retrieved 19 August 2016

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