Portlethen
Location type
StationNames and dates
Portlethen (1849-1956)Portlethen (1985-)
Station code: PLN National Rail ScotRail
Where: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Opened on the Aberdeen Railway.
Open on the Dundee to Aberdeen.
Description
This is a two platform station. The station is a modern re-opening on the site of the original station, slightly to its south.
The original station was also a two platform station. The main building was on the northbound platform, a simple timber building. There was a waiting room with a single sloping roof on the southbound platform.
South of the station there were loading banks on either side of the station, both reached by reversal.
The signal box was at the south end of the northbound platform, alongside the main building.
The original station closed in 1956 and the box in 1967. The new station opened in 1985.
When the first station opened Portlethen was a small village to the south east, about 2/3 of a mile away. This is now known as Portlethen and there has been much development of what was farmland to create the new Portlethen, largely to the west of the station.
Tags
StationExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
01/05/2023
| Nearby stations Newtonhill Cove Bay Muchalls Cults Pitfodels Halt West Cults Bieldside Murtle Ruthrieston Holburn Street Milltimber [2nd] Milltimber [1st] Aberdeen Ferryhill Limpet Mill Culter [2nd] | Elsick Viaduct Aberdeen Fish Meal Factory Muchalls Viaduct Muchalls Mill Viaduct Broomhill Siding Ruthrieston Brick Works Duthie Park Craiginches Saw Mill Craiginches North Sidings Pitmuxton Siding Craiginches Iron Works Dee Viaduct Craiginches Yard Tourist/other Ardoe House Murtle House |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 01/02/1850 | Aberdeen Railway Line extended north from Limpet Mill to Portlethen. Limpet Mill, a short lived terminus, closed. Muchalls and Portlethen opened. |
| 01/04/1850 | Aberdeen Railway Aberdeen Ferryhill opened, with the extension of the line north from Portlethen. New stations at Cove and Aberdeen Ferryhill. |
| 11/06/1956 | Aberdeen Railway Carmont, Cove Bay, Newtonhill and Portlethen closed. |
| 17/05/1985 | Aberdeen Railway Portlethen re-opened |
