Stonehaven railway station

Stonehaven
Location
Place	Stonehaven
Local authority	Aberdeenshire
Coordinates	56°58′00″N 2°13′32″W / 56.9667°N 2.2256°W / 56.9667; -2.2256Coordinates: 56°58′00″N 2°13′32″W / 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*
2012/13	0.510 million
2013/14	0.528 million
2014/15	0.535 million
2015/16	0.536 million
2016/17	0.505 million
History
Original company	Aberdeen Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
1 November 1849	Station opened
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.
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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 and Glasgow. Additionally, a service operating only between Aberdeen, Portlethen and Stonehaven has operated since the winter of 2008.

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.

Services

Trains on both the Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line and the Glasgow to Aberdeen Line call here, though some services to/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).^[1]

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 (in addition to existing services) and the other intermediate stations en-route once per hour in each direction.^[2]

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

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.

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