Portlethen railway station

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Portlethen Scottish Gaelic: Port Leathain[1]
Location	Portlethen, Aberdeenshire Scotland
Coordinates	57°03′41″N 2°07′41″W / 57.0614°N 2.1280°W / 57.0614; -2.1280Coordinates: 57°03′41″N 2°07′41″W / 57.0614°N 2.1280°W / 57.0614; -2.1280
Grid reference	NO923967
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
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. 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[]

Overview of the station

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. 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[]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Stonehaven		Abellio ScotRail Dundee–Aberdeen line		Aberdeen
	Historical railways
Newtonhill Line open; Station closed		Aberdeen Railway		Cove Bay Line open; Station closed

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