Kintore railway station in Aberdeenshire, which has been closed since 1964, could reopen within the next 3 years, if authorities can finance a £2.9 million (EUR 3.4 million) funding gap. The new station is set to be located off the Northern Road and will feature a 180-capacity car park, passenger facilities and a new access road.
Opening a new station at Kintore will cost £12.2 million (EUR 14.4 million), with 50% of that total already secured via contributions from Aberdeenshire Council and the Scottish Stations Fund (SSF), administered by Transport Scotland. Nestrans, the region’s transport partnership, will have to decide how to plug the funding gap required to complete the project, and will push for SSF to increase their contribution by 10%.
Kintore Station served as junction between the main line and an abandoned branch line to Alford Valley. Authorities hope to have the new line and station open by 2019. The project will form part of a wider plan to upgrade the line between Aberdeen and Inverness.
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