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Stonehaven railway station

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Stonehaven
National Rail
BERJAYA
General information
LocationStonehaven, Aberdeenshire
Scotland
Coordinates56°58′00″N 2°13′32″W / 56.9667°N 2.2256°W / 56.9667; -2.2256
Grid referenceNO863861
ManagerScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeSTN[1]
History
Original company
Aberdeen Railway
Pre-groupingCaledonian Railway
Post-groupingLMS
Key dates
1 November 1849Station opened
late 19th centurymodernised & extended
Passengers
2020/21Decrease 65,246
2021/22Increase 0.286 million
2022/23Increase 0.360 million
2023/24Increase 0.448 million
2024/25Increase 0.480 million
Listed Building – Category C(S)
Designated23 March 2006
Reference no.LB50270[2]
Location
Map
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]

History

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BERJAYA
The station seen in 2022

The station was opened as part of the Aberdeen Railway on 1 November 1849.[4] 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.[5][6]

Accidents and incidents

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In August 2020, a ScotRail train derailed on a landslip west of the station, near Carmont. Three people were killed and six people were injured.[7] It is the first fatal rail accident in Scotland since the Greenock rail crash in 1994.[8] On 12 August 2021, one year after the derailment occurred, southwest of Stonehaven railway station, a plaque was unveiled dedicated to the three people killed in the derailment.[9]

Facilities

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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.[10]

Passenger volume

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Passenger Volume at Stonehaven[11]
2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Entries and exits 363,851 397,351 416,175 452,596 466,996 444,822 482,722 502,812 510,412 528,307 534,892 535,698 504,750 522,890 469,616 451,762 65,246 286,176 359,880 448,104 480,362

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

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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).[12]

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.[13][12]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Montrose   Caledonian Sleeper
Highland Caledonian Sleeper		   Aberdeen
  CrossCountry
Cross Country Route		  
  London North Eastern Railway
East Coast Main Line		  
Laurencekirk   ScotRail
Dundee–Aberdeen line		   Portlethen
Terminus    
Laurencekirk
To Montrose		   ScotRail
Aberdeen Crossrail		   Portlethen
To Inverurie
  Historical railways  
Carmont
Line open; Station closed		   Caledonian Railway
Aberdeen Railway
   Muchalls
Line open; Station closed

References

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  1. ↑ Deaves, Phil. "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "STONEHAVEN RAILWAY STATION, GOODS SHEDS". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  3. ↑ Bridge, Mike, ed. (2017). TRACKatlas of Mainland Britain: A Comprehensive Geographic Atlas Showing the Rail Network of Great Britain (3rd ed.). Sheffield: Platform 5 Publishing Ltd. p. 96. ISBN 978-1909431-26-3.
  4. ↑ Quick 2023, p. 434.
  5. ↑ "Extension of Stonehaven railway station". Montrose, Arbroath and Brechin review. 8 September 1899. p. 8.
  6. ↑ "Skeleton Found". The Press and Journal. 16 May 1900. p. 11.
  7. ↑ "Three dead after passenger train derails near Stonehaven". BBC News. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  8. ↑ "Police treat train-crash deaths as murder". The Independent. 26 June 1994. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  9. ↑ "Trains stop for one minute to remember Stonehaven crash victims". BBC News. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  10. ↑ "National Rail Enquiries -". www.nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  11. ↑ "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 June 2026.
  12. 1 2 eNRT May 2026 Edition, Table 214
  13. ↑ "'Rail revolution' means 200 more services and 20,000 more seats for Scots passengers | Transport Scotland". www.transport.gov.scot. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2026.

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