Original station

The original station was opened on 20 September 1854 and located around 550 m (600 yd) south of the current station. The station became a junction in 1859 with the opening of a branch to Alford. This branch closed to passengers in 1949. Kintore railway station itself was closed in 1964 as part of the Beeching cuts.^[5]

Modern station

Nestrans initially raised the possibility of reopening a Kintore station in 2009 as part of its 2010-2021 Rail Action Plan^[6] and it was first discussed in the Scottish Parliament in October that year.^[7] Plans to reopen the station were announced in December 2012.^[8]

Reopening Kintore was made possible by the completion of phase one of the Aberdeen-Inverness Improvement Project, which redoubled the track between Aberdeen and Inverurie, increasing capacity for new passenger and freight services on the route.^[9][5] The station cost £15 million,^[10] funded by Transport Scotland, Aberdeenshire Council and Nestrans. The main contractor was BAM Nuttall. Construction started in 2019 with opening planned for May 2020,^[11][12] but work was halted between March and July 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic,^[13] which caused the opening date to be pushed back to 15 October.^[14][15][16]

The new Kintore station is located around 550 m (600 yd) to the north of the old one, on the site of the junction for the now dismantled Alford branch.