Portlethen railway station

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°WCoordinates: 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
2016/17	45,936
2017/18	42,748
2018/19	46,722
2019/20	63,420
2020/21	14,210
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 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

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).^[5] As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train.

Passenger volume

In the year 2004–2005, Portlethen station attracted just under 11,000 (combined entry/exit) passengers. By 2006–07, the annual number of passengers had increased to over 21,000 and by 2012-13 carried around 28,000 passengers per year. In 2014/15 that had increased to 57,152.^[6]

Passenger Volume at Portlethen^[6]
	2002-03	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21
Entries and exits	7,178	10,722	14,887	21,073	22,055	19,906	15,186	18,382	19,076	28,000	48,174	57,152	56,324	45,936	42,748	46,722	63,420	14,210

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

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.^[7]

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.
^ ^a ^b "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.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. Retrieved 19 August 2022.

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

[:0-6] "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 19 August 2022.

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

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