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