The town of Kintore was first served by the railways in 1854, when the Great North of Scotland Railway between Kittybrewster & Huntly was opened. Kintore was one of several passing points along the mostly single track route, but its importance increased on 21 March 1859 when Kintore became the junction for the Alford Valley Railway, a route of around 16 miles. The Alford branch services were mostly separate services from those on the mainline, but there were some through trains.
The Alford Valley Railway lost its passenger services on 2 January 1950 and was closed to freight on 3 January 1964, with the exception of the short stretch from Kintore to Paradise Siding which remained in use until 7 November 1966.

Kintore Station continued to serve passengers until 7 December 1966. Today the track has been realigned and a single track passes through the centre of the once-double track formation. Both mainline platform edges survive alongwith the adjoining side of the Alford Branch Platform, but the goods yard has been built over. The junction with the Alford Valley Railway cannot be discerned today.

Recently there has been talk of Kintore station being reopened for a Stonehaven - Inverurie commuter service. This would involve the provision of a passing loop at Kintore to handle the additional traffic. At the time of writing (January 2002) there has been no further word on this scheme, certainly no work has been done at Kintore in relation to this scheme.