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 Looking south towards Insch from the footbridge | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Huntly,Aberdeenshire Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 57°26′40″N2°46′33″W / 57.4445°N 2.7758°W /57.4445; -2.7758 | ||||
| Grid reference | NJ535396 | ||||
| Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | HNT[2] | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Great North of Scotland Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Great North of Scotland Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | LNER | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 20 September 1854 | Opened[3] | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2020/21 |  12,612 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  44,894 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 49,568 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 60,956 | ||||
| 2024/25 | 65,636 | ||||
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Huntly railway station is arailway station serving the town ofHuntly inScotland. The station is managed byScotRail and is on theAberdeen to Inverness Line, betweenInsch andKeith, 40 miles 67 chains (65.7 km) fromAberdeen.[4]
A small goods yard is located adjacent to the station and operated byDB Schenker. A goods shed remains standing within the yard.
The station was opened by theGreat North of Scotland Railway on 20 September 1854,[3] with the commissioning of the line from the original Waterloo terminus in Aberdeen. The route onwards toKeith followed on 11 October 1856,[5] with the through link to the new joint station atAberdeen completed in November 1867 to connect the GNSR to theAberdeen Railway.[citation needed] The track was doubled in 1896, when a non-stop train from Aberdeen was speeded up to a 45-minute schedule for the40+3⁄4 mi (65.6 km), though it ceased when theovernight London express was slowed later that year.[5]
The original station building, which had anoverall roof[5] and was described in 1898 as, "a decent structure of the old fashioned 'roofed-over' type",[6] was later demolished and replaced.
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.[7]
| 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 | |
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| 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.
As of May 2022, there is a basic two-hourly frequency in each directions (with peak extras), toInverness northbound andAberdeen southbound (12 trains southbound, 11 northbound). The first departure to Aberdeen each weekday and Saturday continues south toEdinburgh Waverley, and another continues toStonehaven in the evening. On Sundays there are five trains each way.[9]
| Preceding station |  National Rail | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insch | ScotRail Aberdeen to Inverness Line | Keith | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Rothiemay Line open; Station closed | Great North of Scotland Railway | Gartly Line open; Station closed | ||
