Alford railway station
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Alford | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Alford, Aberdeenshire Scotland | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
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| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Alford Valley Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Great North of Scotland Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway | ||||
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| 25 March 1859 | Opened | ||||
| 2 January 1950 | Closed | ||||
| May 1980 | Reopened as narrow gauge terminus | ||||
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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]
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 British Railways.
