East Garioch councillor Martin Ford has been updated on progress with work on delivering a railway station for Kintore.
Cllr Ford, a long-standing campaigner for a station at Kintore, said:
“The intention is to have a new Kintore station in place and ready to come into use in spring 2019, when the wider upgrade of the Aberdeen to Inverness rail line is due to be completed”
“Various steps are necessary to allow a new station to be built, including acquisition of the land needed, design work, gaining planning permission and securing the funding for the construction cost. Steps to deliver all of these requirements are underway, or planning for them has started.”
Cllr Ford recently gave a talk on the proposals for a Kintore station to Kintore Rotary Club.
Cllr Ford said:
“There is no doubt about the strong local demand for a rail halt in Kintore, and every reason to be confident of good levels of use. Of course, I would have liked to see a station in place long before this, but there is now a clear intended opening date. And progress is being made with the preparatory work to enable a station to be built. I am optimistic the planned opening date can be met.”
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