- Alford railway station
Infobox UK disused station
name = Alford
caption =
locale =Scotland
borough =Aberdeenshire
line =Great North of Scotland Railway
owner =London and North Eastern Railway
platforms = ?
latitude =
longitude =
gridref =
years =25 March 1859
events = Station opens
years1 =2 January 1950
events1 = Station closes
years2 =May 1980
events2 = Station opens as narrow gauge terminus "This article is about the Scottish railway station. For the similarly named station in Lincolnshire, see Alford Town".Alford railway station was a station in
Alford, Aberdeenshire . The station was the terminus of a line form Kintore and Dyce. [British Railways Atlas.1947. p.38]It is now the terminus of a narrow gauge railway.
History
Opened by the
Great North of Scotland Railway it became part of theLondon and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923, passing on to theScottish Region of British Railways during thenationalisation of 1948. It was then closed by theBritish Railways Board .The site today
The station is now the terminus of the
Vale of Alford Railway . [http://www.alfordvalleyrailway.org.uk/index.asp]
Former ServicesReferences
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