Network Rail has appointed
BAM Nuttall as the main contractor for the construction of the new Kintore station.
The £14.5 million station will reconnect Kintore to the rail network for the first time in 56 years.
Funded by
Transport Scotland,
Aberdeenshire Council and
Nestrans, the new station will have step-free access between platforms through a footbridge with lifts.
Providing an interchange between rail and road, the station will have around 170 car parking spaces, bike storage and connect into the local bus network.
The station will be constructed over the next 12 months and is due to enter service in May 2020. All Aberdeen-Inverness trains will call at the station.
The original Kintore station opened in 1854, but closed in 1964 as part of the Beeching cuts.
Reopening Kintore has been made possible by the double-tracking of the line between Aberdeen-Inverurie delivered as part of the Aberdeen-Inverness Improvement Project.