Portlethen railway station

Portlethen
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General information
Other names	Scottish Gaelic: Port Leathain
Location	Aberdeenshire
Coordinates	57°03′41″N 2°07′41″W / 57.0614°N 2.1280°W
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	PLN
Key dates
1 April 1850	Opened
11 June 1956	Closed
17 May 1985	Reopened

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.

Station usage

In the year 2004-2005, Portlethen station attracted just under 11,000 (combined entry/exit) passengers,^{[clarification needed]} 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.

Future Improvements

Service frequencies are to be improved here from 2018 as part of a timetable recast funded by Transport Scotland. A new "Aberdeen Crossrail" commuter service is to be introduced between Montrose and Inverurie, which will call here and the other intermediate stations en-route once per hour in each direction.^[3]

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. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
^ GB National Rail Timetable, May - December 2016 Edition, Table 229
^ "‘Rail revolution’ means 200 more services and 20,000 more seats for Scots passengers" Archived 20 August 2016 at the Wayback MachineTransport Scotland press release 15 March 2016; Retrieved 19 August 2016

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

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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. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

[2] GB National Rail Timetable, May - December 2016 Edition, Table 229

[3] "‘Rail revolution’ means 200 more services and 20,000 more seats for Scots passengers" Archived 20 August 2016 at the Wayback MachineTransport Scotland press release 15 March 2016; Retrieved 19 August 2016

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