Stonehaven railway station

Stonehaven railway station serves the town of Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. Despite its small size, it is a calling point for a large number of services going both north to Aberdeen and south to Edinburgh, with a small number of services to Glasgow. In addition, it is served by a regular stopping service between Montrose and Inverurie.

Stonehaven
Location
Place	Stonehaven
Local authority	Aberdeenshire
Coordinates	56.9667°N 2.2256°W / 56.9667; -2.2256
Grid reference	NO863861
Operations
Station code	STN
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	0.535 million
2015/16	0.536 million
2016/17	0.505 million
2017/18	0.523 million
2018/19	0.470 million
History
Original company	Aberdeen Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
1 November 1849	Station opened
late 19th century	modernised & extended
Listed status
Listing grade	Category
Entry number	LB50270[1]
Added to list	23 March 2006
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Stonehaven from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

History

The station was opened as part of the Aberdeen Railway on 1 November 1849. This later became part of the Scottish North Eastern Railway and then the Caledonian Railway. The North British Railway began serving it in 1883, with the opening of the line from Arbroath to Kinnaber Junction via Montrose – this has been the only route south since the closure of the original main line to Perth via Coupar Angus in September 1967.

The station previously had a third platform, a bay facing north. The land where this once stood is now used as parking. There was also a station building on the northbound platform which has since been demolished – a simple shelter is provided today.[2]

Services

Trains on both the Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line and the Glasgow to Aberdeen Line call here, though some services to and from Glasgow skip this station outside peak periods. Four London North Eastern Railway services also call each way (Mondays - Saturdays) (three to/from London King's Cross, the other to/from Leeds) along with the one through CrossCountry service between Aberdeen and Penzance via Leeds, Birmingham New Street, Bristol Temple Meads and Exeter St Davids. The Caledonian Sleeper also operates to London Euston six days per week (not on Saturday nights).[3]

Service frequencies to the station were improved in 2018 as part of a revised timetable funded by Transport Scotland. A new "Aberdeen Crossrail" commuter service was introduced between Montrose and Inverurie, which calls hourly in each direction at Stonehaven (in addition to existing services) and the other intermediate stations.[4]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Montrose		CrossCountry Cross Country Network		Aberdeen
Laurencekirk		Abellio ScotRail Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line		Portlethen
Laurencekirk		Abellio ScotRail Glasgow to Aberdeen Line		Portlethen
Montrose		Caledonian Sleeper Highland Caledonian Sleeper		Aberdeen
Montrose		London North Eastern Railway East Coast Main Line		Aberdeen
	Historical railways
Carmont Line open; Station closed		Caledonian Railway Aberdeen Railway		Muchalls Line open; Station closed

References

Notes

1. "STONEHAVEN RAILWAY STATION, GOODS SHEDS". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
2. "Stonehaven". RAILSCOT.
3. GB eNRT 2015-16 Edition, Tables 26, 51, 229 & 402 (Network Rail)
4. "‘Rail revolution’ means 200 more services and 20,000 more seats for Scots passengers" Archived 2016-08-20 at the Wayback MachineTransport Scotland press release 15 March 2016; Retrieved 19 August 2016

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.