Portlethen railway station

Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Portlethen

Scottish Gaelic: *Port Leathain*^[1]
Portlethen; Scottish Gaelic: Port Leathain
General information
Location	Portlethen, Aberdeenshire; Scotland
Coordinates	57°03′41″N 2°07′41″W / 57.0614°N 2.1280°W
Grid reference	NO923967
Managed by	ScotRail
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	PLN
Key dates
1 April 1850	Opened
11 June 1956	Closed
17 May 1985	Reopened
Passengers
2019/20	63,420
2020/21	14,210
2021/22	41,480
2022/23	48,446
2023/24	69,038
Notes
Notes
	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 on 11 June 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. 8 January 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
^ "National Rail Enquiries -". www.nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
^ "Edinburgh & Glasgow - Dundee / Aberdeen" (PDF). ScotRail.

External links

Video footage of the station on YouTube

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[1] 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.

[2] Deaves, Phil. "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.

[3] 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.

[4] "Speeding trains investigated on Stonehaven crash line". HeraldScotland. 8 January 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2022.

[5] "National Rail Enquiries -". www.nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved 19 August 2022.

[6] "Edinburgh & Glasgow - Dundee / Aberdeen" (PDF). ScotRail.

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