Insch railway station

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General information
Other names	Scottish Gaelic: Innis
Location	Aberdeenshire
Coordinates	57.3374°N 2.6168°W / 57.3374; -2.6168
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	INS
History
Pre-grouping	Great North of Scotland Railway
Key dates
1854	Opened

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.

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.

Future developments

The Scotland Route Utilisation Strategy, published by Network Rail in March 2007, recommends an improved frequency and capacity for passenger services on the Aberdeen to Inverness Line given the high patronage at peak times. Two development options are identified in the report: the provision of additional infrastructure to allow an accelerated hourly service; and platform extensions to permit six-car operation. If the latter were implemented, the platforms at Insch railway station would be extended by 17 metres. Transport Scotland agreed to fund a £170 million infrastructure upgrade for the route in 2014 that includes the aforementioned platform lengthening work here. Other upgrades include signalling and level crossing modernisation work, additional stations at Dalcross and Kintore, relocating the station at Forres and redoubling the Inverurie to Aberdeen section. The project was due to be completed by 2019.

The Aberdeen to Inverurie section was doubled on schedule by the end of 2019, but the two additional stations have yet to open.

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.

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

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. OL 11956311M.
• 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

External links

• Insch Connection Museum