Portlethen railway station
Railway station in Aberdeenshire, Scotland
57°03′41″N 2°07′41″W / 57.0614°N 2.1280°W / 57.0614; -2.1280
46,722 63,420
14,210 41,480 48,446Notes | |
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Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Portlethen railway station serves the town of Portlethen in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is sited 232 miles 59 chains (374.6 km) from Carlisle via Perth, and is between Stonehaven and Aberdeen, on the Dundee to Aberdeen line.[3]
History
The station was opened on 1 April 1850. After closure in 1956,[citation needed] the station was reopened nearly 30 years later on 17 May 1985.
In 2021, an investigation was started after trains went through an emergency speed restriction near the station close to line speed.[4]
Facilities
Unstaffed, the facilities at the station are minimal, consisting of two car parks (and sets of bike racks), and shelters and benches on each platform. There is, however, step-free access to and between the platforms (the latter via Cookston Road).[5] There is a ticket machine in shelter on platform 2.
Services
Portlethen previously had a somewhat limited service, with trains only calling early in the morning and evening peaks and at night times with large gaps at certain times during the day, but an improved timetable has accounted for much of the growth in recent years. As of May 2022, there is one train per hour in each direction between Montrose and Inverurie.[6]
| Preceding station |  National Rail | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stonehaven | ScotRail Dundee–Aberdeen line | Aberdeen | ||
| Stonehaven To Montrose | ScotRail Aberdeen Crossrail | Aberdeen To Inverurie | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Newtonhill Line open; Station closed | Aberdeen Railway | Cove Bay Line open; Station closed | ||
References
- ^ Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. "Gaelic/English Station Index". Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
- ^ Deaves, Phil. "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- ^ Bridge, Mike, ed. (2017). TRACKatlas of Mainland Britain: A Comprehensive Geographic Atlas Showing the Rail Network of Great Britain (3rd ed.). Sheffield: Platform 5 Publishing Ltd. p. 96. ISBN 978 1909431 26 3.
- ^ "Speeding trains investigated on Stonehaven crash line". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- ^ "National Rail Enquiries -". www.nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- ^ "Edinburgh & Glasgow - Dundee / Aberdeen" (PDF). ScotRail.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Portlethen railway station.
- Video footage of the station on YouTube
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