Stonehaven railway station

Stonehaven
General information
Location	Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire Scotland
Coordinates	56°58′00″N 2°13′32″W / 56.9667°N 2.2256°W / 56.9667; -2.2256
Grid reference	NO863861
Managed by	ScotRail
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	STN[1]
History
Original company	Aberdeen Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
Key dates
1 November 1849	Station opened
late 19th century	modernised & extended
Passengers
2019/20	0.452 million
2020/21	65,246
2021/22	0.286 million
2022/23	0.360 million
2023/24	0.448 million
Listed Building – Category C(S)
Designated	23 March 2006
Reference no.	LB50270[2]
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Stonehaven railway station serves the town of Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. It is sited 224 miles 74 chains (362.0 kilometres) from Carlisle via Perth, on the Dundee to Aberdeen line, and is situated between Laurencekirk and Portlethen. There is a crossover at the southern end of the station, which can be used to facilitate trains turning back if the line towards Aberdeen is blocked.^[3]

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.

In 1899, work started to improve the station. The platforms were raised, widened, and extended southward over the bridge to the south of the station. The buildings on the down platform were also replaced.^[4][5]

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.

On 12 August 2021, one year after the Stonehaven derailment occurred at Carmont, southwest of Stonehaven railway station, a plaque was unveiled dedicated to the three people killed in the derailment.^[6]

Stonehaven also has a B listed signal box with a 40 lever Stevens and Sons frame.

The station is equipped with a ticket office and an accessible toilet on platform 1, with help points, benches and waiting rooms on both platforms, as well as car parks adjacent to both platforms. Platform 2 also has a ticket machine. Both platforms have step-free access to their car parks, but they are linked by a stepped subway.^[7]

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 two CrossCountry services between Aberdeen and Plymouth/Edinburgh. The Caledonian Sleeper also operates to London Euston six days per week (not on Saturday nights).^[8]

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.^[9][8]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Montrose		CrossCountry Cross Country Route		Aberdeen
Laurencekirk or Terminus		ScotRail Dundee–Aberdeen line		Portlethen
Laurencekirk To Montrose		ScotRail Aberdeen Crossrail		Portlethen To Inverurie
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

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. OL 11956311M.
• 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.

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