Insch railway station
Insch railway station is a railway station serving the village of Insch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the Aberdeen to Inverness Line. It was opened by the Great North of Scotland Railway in 1854, on the route from Aberdeen to Keith.
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 View from Insch railway station looking west towards Hill of Dunnideer | |
| Location | Insch, Aberdeenshire Scotland |
| Coordinates | 57.3374°N 2.6168°W |
| Grid reference | NJ629276 |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | INS |
| History | |
| Pre-grouping | Great North of Scotland Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1854 | Opened |
| Passengers | |
| 2015/16 |  118,378 |
| 2016/17 | 98,140 |
| 2017/18 | 88,362 |
| 2018/19 | 69,952 |
| 2019/20 |  57,690 |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
The station building accommodates the Insch Connection Museum, which records the history of the railway in Insch and the local region. The station has two platforms, a signal box and a level crossing at its northern end. It is located at the southern end of a double track section of the line, which runs north as far as Kennethmont before reverting to single track once more.
History
In 2019, the platforms were extended to a length of 160m as part of a series of improvements to the Aberdeen to Inverness line.[2]
Services
There is a basic two-hourly frequency in each directions (with peak extras), to Inverness via Elgin northbound and Aberdeen southbound (11 trains each way in total). The first departure to Aberdeen each weekday and Saturday continues south to Edinburgh Waverley and there is a return working in the evening. On Sundays there are five trains each way, with a southbound through working to Glasgow Queen Street.[3]
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inverurie | Abellio ScotRail Aberdeen to Inverness Line |
Huntly | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Buchanstone Line open; Station closed |
Great North of Scotland Railway GNoSR Main Line |
Wardhouse Line open; Station closed | ||
References
Notes
- Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. "Gaelic/English Station Index". Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
- "Finishing the job – redoubling Aberdeen to Inverurie | Rail Engineer". web.archive.org. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
- GB eNRT May 2016 Edition, Table 240 (Network Rail)
Sources
- Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
- RAILSCOT on Great North of Scotland Railway
