Stonehaven railway station
Stonehaven | |
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Location | |
Place | Stonehaven |
Local authority | Aberdeenshire |
Coordinates | 56°58′00″N 2°13′32″W / 56.9667°N 2.2256°WCoordinates: 56°58′00″N 2°13′32″W / 56.9667°N 2.2256°W |
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* | |
2004/05 | 0.364 million |
2005/06 | 0.397 million |
2006/07 | 0.416 million |
2007/08 | 0.453 million |
2008/09 | 0.467 million |
2009/10 | 0.445 million |
2010/11 | 0.483 million |
2011/12 | 0.503 million |
2012/13 | 0.510 million |
2013/14 | 0.528 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. | |
UK Railways portal |
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 Virgin Trains East Coast services also call each way (Mondays - Saturdays) (three to/from London Kings 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 | ||
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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 | Virgin Trains East Coast East Coast Main Line |
Aberdeen | ||
Historical railways | ||||
Carmont Line open; Station closed |
Caledonian Railway Aberdeen Railway |
Muchalls Line open; Station closed |
References
Notes
- ↑ GB eNRT 2015-16 Edition, Tables 26, 51, 229 & 402 (Network Rail)
- ↑ "‘Rail revolution’ means 200 more services and 20,000 more seats for Scots passengers"Transport Scotland press release 15 March 2016; Retrieved 19 August 2016
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 1-8526-0508-1. 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 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.
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