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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Portlethen Railway Station

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.

History

The station was opened on 1 April 1850. After closure in 1956, 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.

Facilities

Overview of the station

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). 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.

Preceding station National Rail 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

  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.