the role of the station came to an end when, in the 1990s, the aviemore centre came to be redeveloped. an effort was launched to bring the village's most popular tourist attraction closer to the centre of the village. meanwhile, then station owner railtrack was seeking to cover some of the maintenance backlog on its estate. when all the parties had agreed, the redevelopment went ahead. when the refurbished main line station was opened, aviemore speyside fell out of regular use, though it was at first retained as a fallback in case of problems with network rail.