Alford Valley Railway (GNoSR)
The Alford Valley Railway was a railway company that built a branch line in Scotland, connecting Alford and Kintore on the main line of the Great North of Scotland Railway (GNoSR), giving access to Aberdeen. The line was opened in 1859. It struggled financially from the outset, and it was only support from the GNoSR that enabled it to continue. The GNoSR absorbed it in 1866.
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| Locale | Scotland |
| Dates of operation | 23 March 1859–30 July 1866 |
| Successor | Great North of Scotland Railway |
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| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
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Passenger carryings were never busy, but granite from quarries near the line was a dominant traffic; in the twentieth century timber was also an important business. In the 1930s passenger and general goods traffic was heavily abstracted by road competition, and the line was closed to passengers in 1949, and completely in 1965.
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