Portlethen railway station

Portlethen railway station serves the town of Portlethen in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The station was opened on 1 April 1850. After closure in 1956, the station was reopened nearly 30 years later on 17 May 1985.

Portlethen
Scottish Gaelic: Port Leathain[1]
Location
Place	Portlethen
Local authority	Aberdeenshire
Coordinates	57.0614°N 2.1280°W / 57.0614; -2.1280
Grid reference	NO923967
Operations
Station code	PLN
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	57,152
2015/16	56,324
2016/17	45,936
2017/18	42,748
2018/19	46,722
History
1 April 1850	Opened
11 June 1956	Closed
17 May 1985	Reopened
National Rail – UK railway stations
Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Portlethen from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

Station usage

In the year 2004–2005, Portlethen station attracted just under 11,000 (combined entry/exit) passengers, including 3,746 (combined entry/exit) season ticket journeys. 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.

Portlethen 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. In the May 2016 timetable, there are 9 northbound and 11 southbound departures on Mondays to Saturdays and 5 each way on Sundays.[2] Trains run southbound to both Glasgow Queen Street via Perth and Edinburgh Waverley, though certain evening trains only run as far as Stonehaven. With the December 2018 timetable change, Portlethen now has an approximately hourly service.[3]

Services

There is one train per hour in each direction between Montrose and Inverurie.[4]

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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
2. GB National Rail Timetable, May - December 2016 Edition, Table 229
3. "Passengers urged to check new train times". 9 December 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
4. "Edinburgh & Glasgow - Dundee / Aberdeen" (PDF). ScotRail.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Stonehaven		Abellio ScotRail Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line		Aberdeen
Stonehaven		Abellio ScotRail Glasgow to Aberdeen Line		Aberdeen
	Historical railways
Newtonhill Line open; Station closed		Aberdeen Railway		Cove Bay Line open; Station closed