Stonehaven railway station serves the town of

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. It is sited from

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via

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, on the Dundee to Aberdeen line, and is situated between

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and

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. 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.

History

The station was opened as part of the

Aberdeen Railway The Aberdeen Railway was a Scottish railway company which built a line from Aberdeen to Forfar and Arbroath, partly by leasing and upgrading an existing railway. The line opened in stages between 1847 and 1850, with branches to Brechin and ...

on 1 November 1849. This later became part of the

Scottish North Eastern Railway The Scottish North Eastern Railway was a railway company in Scotland operating a main line from Perth to Aberdeen, with branches to Kirriemuir, Brechin and Montrose. It was created when the Aberdeen Railway amalgamated with the Scottish Midland ...

and then the

Caledonian Railway The Caledonian Railway (CR) was a major Scottish railway company. It was formed in the early 19th century with the objective of forming a link between English railways and Glasgow. It progressively extended its network and reached Edinburgh an ...

. The

North British Railway The North British Railway was a British railway company, based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was established in 1844, with the intention of linking with English railways at Berwick. The line opened in 1846, and from the outset the company followe ...

began serving it in 1883, with the opening of the line from to ''Kinnaber Junction'' via – this has been the only route south since the closure of the original main line to

via 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. 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 The Stonehaven derailment was a fatal Train wreck, railway accident that occurred at 09:38 British Summer Time, BST on 12 August 2020, when a passenger train returning to Aberdeen hit a landslip, near Carmont, west of Stonehaven in Aberdeenshi ...

occurred at Carmont, southwest of Stonehaven railway station, a plaque was unveiled dedicated to the three people killed in the derailment. Stonehaven also has a B listed signal box with a 40 lever Stevens and Sons frame.

Facilities

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.

Passenger volume

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

Trains on both the

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and the

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call here, though some services to and from Glasgow skip this station outside peak periods. Four

London North Eastern Railway London North Eastern Railway (LNER) is a British train operating company. It is owned by the DfT OLR Holdings for the Department for Transport (DfT). The company's name echoes that of the London and North Eastern Railway, one of the Big Four ...

services also call each way Mondays - Saturdays (three to/from

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, the other to/from ), along with the two

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services between Aberdeen and

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. The

Caledonian Sleeper ''Caledonian Sleeper'' is the collective name for overnight sleeper train services between London and Scotland, in the United Kingdom. It is one of only two currently operating sleeper services on the railway in the United Kingdom, the other b ...

also operates to

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six days per week (not on Saturday nights).eNRT May 2022 Edition, Tables 050, 214 Service frequencies to the station were improved in 2018 as part of a revised timetable funded by

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. A new "

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" commuter service was introduced between Montrose and , which calls hourly in each direction at Stonehaven (in addition to existing services) and the other intermediate stations."‘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

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External Links

Video footage of the station on YouTube
Railway stations in Aberdeenshire Former Caledonian Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1849 Railway stations served by ScotRail Railway stations served by Caledonian Sleeper Railway stations served by CrossCountry Railway stations served by London North Eastern Railway Stonehaven 1849 establishments in Scotland Listed railway stations in Scotland Category C listed buildings in Aberdeenshire {{Aberdeenshire-railstation-stub