Huntly railway station

{{Short description|Railway station in Aberdeenshire, Scotland}}{{distinguish|Huntly railway station, Victoria|Huntly railway station, Waikato|Huntley station}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Huntly

| native_name = {{langx|gd|Hunndaidh}}{{sfn|Brailsford|2017|loc=Gaelic/English Station Index}}

| symbol_location = gb

| symbol = rail

| image = Huntly railway station. View towards Insch from the pedestrian footbridge.jpg

| caption = Looking south towards Insch from the footbridge

| borough = Huntly, Aberdeenshire

| country = Scotland

| coordinates = {{coord|57.4445|-2.7758|type:railwaystation_region:GB_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}

| grid_name = Grid reference

| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|NJ535396|25|NJ535396}}

| manager = ScotRail

| platforms = 2

| code = HNT{{cite web |last1=Deaves |first1=Phil |title=Railway Codes |url=http://www.railwaycodes.org.uk/crs/crsh.shtm |website=railwaycodes.org.uk |access-date=27 September 2022}}

| original = Great North of Scotland Railway

| pregroup = Great North of Scotland Railway

| postgroup = LNER

| years = 20 September 1854

| events = OpenedButt (1995), p. 125

| mpassengers =

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers={{decrease}} 72,090}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers={{decrease}} 12,612}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2021/22 |passengers={{increase}} 44,894}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2022/23 |passengers={{increase}} 49,568}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2023/24 |passengers={{increase}} 60,956}}

| footnotes = Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

}}

Huntly railway station is a railway station serving the town of Huntly in Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Aberdeen to Inverness Line, between Insch and Keith, {{convert|40|mi|67|chain|lk=in|km}} from Aberdeen.{{Cite book |title=TRACKatlas of Mainland Britain: A Comprehensive Geographic Atlas Showing the Rail Network of Great Britain |publisher=Platform 5 Publishing Ltd |year=2017 |isbn=978-1909431-26-3 |editor-last=Bridge |editor-first=Mike |edition=3rd |location=Sheffield |pages=101}}

A small goods yard is located adjacent to the station and operated by DB Schenker. A goods shed remains standing within the yard.

History

File:Huntly railway station.jpg

The station was opened by the Great North of Scotland Railway on 20 September 1854, with the commissioning of the line from the original Waterloo terminus in Aberdeen. The route onwards to {{rws|Keith}} followed on 11 October 1856,{{Cite web |last=Vallance |first=H. A. |date=January 1954 |title=The Great North of Scotland Railway |url=http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubid=2967e6f5-c5d1-43eb-8f93-6c4d7cdf4ede&edid=263e755b-d8d5-486e-a517-e2f81e2a2ac1&pnum=51 |access-date=2017-05-16 |website=Railway Magazine pp. 43–51}} with the through link to the new joint station at {{rws|Aberdeen}} completed in November 1867 to connect the GNSR to the Aberdeen Railway.{{cn|date=May 2022|reason=WP:SPS/WP:UGC bad source removed}} The track was doubled in 1896, when a non-stop train from Aberdeen was speeded up to a 45-minute schedule for the {{Convert|40+3/4|mi|km|abbr=on}}, though it ceased when the overnight London express was slowed later that year.

The original station building, which had an overall roof and was described in 1898 as, "a decent structure of the old fashioned 'roofed-over' type",{{Cite web |last=Scott |first=W. J. |date=January 1898 |title=Little and Good |url=http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubid=2967e6f5-c5d1-43eb-8f93-6c4d7cdf4ede&edid=bf51ed8e-21c6-4018-868a-3cc12b6795cb&pnum=20 |access-date=2017-05-16 |website=Railway Magazine p. 22}} was later demolished and replaced.

Facilities

The station's ticket office is staffed six days per week from early morning until early afternoon (06:50 – 13:50, Mon-Sat). A self-service ticket machine is provided for use outside of these times and for collecting advance purchase tickets. A pay phone and post box are available, along with shelters on each platform and toilets in the booking hall (the latter open only when the station is staffed). Train running information is offered via customer help points, CIS displays, automatic announcements and timetable posters. Step-free access is available to both platforms via ramps, though the footbridge linking them has steps.{{Cite web |title=National Rail Enquiries - Station facilities for Huntly |url=https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations_destinations/HNT.aspx |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=www.nationalrail.co.uk}}

Passenger volume

class="wikitable"

|+Passenger Volume at Huntly{{Cite web |title=Estimates of station usage {{!}} ORR Data Portal |url=https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/usage/estimates-of-station-usage |access-date=25 December 2023 |website=dataportal.orr.gov.uk}}

!2002–03

!2004–05

!2005–06

!2006–07

!2007–08

!2008–09

!2009–10

!2010–11

!2011–12

!2012–13

!2013–14

!2014–15

!2015–16

!2016–17

!2017–18

!2018–19

!2019–20

!2020–21

!2021–22

!2022–23

Entries and exits

|62,001

|69,533

|70,430

|75,708

|84,223

|87,894

|84,300

|90,010

|93,796

|94,026

|98,276

|104,534

|105,846

|94,904

|92,956

|77,782

|72,090

|12,612

|44,894

|49,568

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

As of May 2022, there is a basic two-hourly frequency in each directions (with peak extras), to {{rws|Inverness}} northbound and {{rws|Aberdeen}} southbound (12 trains southbound, 11 northbound). The first departure to Aberdeen each weekday and Saturday continues south to Edinburgh Waverley, and another continues to Stonehaven in the evening. On Sundays there are five trains each way.eNRT May 2022 Edition, Table 214

{{rail line

|previous = {{Stnlnk|Insch}}

|next = {{Stnlnk|Keith}}

|route = ScotRail
Aberdeen to Inverness Line

|col = {{ScotRail colour}} }}

{{rail line

|previous = {{Stnlnk|Rothiemay}}
Line open; Station closed

|next = {{Stnlnk|Gartly}}
Line open; Station closed

|route = Great North of Scotland Railway

|col = {{GNoSR colour}} }}

References

Bibliography

{{cite book |editor-last=Brailsford |editor-first=Martyn |title=Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man |edition=6th |date=December 2017 |orig-year=1987 |publisher=Trackmaps |location=Frome |isbn=978-0-9549866-9-8 }}
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{{Jowett-Atlas}}
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External links

[https://www.railscot.co.uk/companies/G/Great_North_of_Scotland_Railway/ RAILSCOT on the Great North of Scotland Railway]

Category:Railway stations in Aberdeenshire

Category:Former Great North of Scotland Railway stations

Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1854

Category:Railway stations served by ScotRail

Category:1854 establishments in Scotland

Category:Huntly