Portlethen

Location type

Station

Names 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

Station

External links

Canmore site record
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
01/05/2023




Chronology Dates

01/02/1850Aberdeen Railway
Line extended north from Limpet Mill to Portlethen. Limpet Mill, a short lived terminus, closed. Muchalls and Portlethen opened.
01/04/1850Aberdeen Railway
Aberdeen Ferryhill opened, with the extension of the line north from Portlethen. New stations at Cove and Aberdeen Ferryhill.
11/06/1956Aberdeen Railway
Carmont, Cove Bay, Newtonhill and Portlethen closed.
17/05/1985Aberdeen Railway
Portlethen re-opened

News items

08/11/2023Line reopens after Travel chaos leads to dozens of train cancellations between Aberdeen and central belt [Press and Journal]
28/10/2023Inverurie trains to be cut by the dozen to boost links between Aberdeen and Glasgow [Press and Journal]
18/05/2023Aberdeenshire Council projects shortlisted in coveted Scottish Transport Awards [The Scotsman]
09/05/2022Broken down train brings disruption to ScotRail services from Aberdeen [Press and Journal]
07/04/2022ScotRail reports damage on line near Portlethen will cause cancellations and many delays [Press and Journal]
15/11/2021Six trains exceeded Aberdeenshire reduced speed limit [BBC News]
07/11/2021Cancellations and delays expected as tree on tracks affects trains from Aberdeen to Glasgow [Scotsman]
10/06/2021Gardening group picks up gold award [Mearns Leader]
08/01/2021Overspeeding trains between Laurencekirk and Portlethen [RAIB]
30/11/2020Outstanding volunteers recognised at ScotRail in the Community Awards [Community Rail Network]

Books


A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: The North of Scotland v. 15 (Regional railway history series)

Aberdeen 1900: Aberdeenshire Sheet 75.11 (Old O.S. Maps of Aberdeenshire)

Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire: 40 Coast and Country Walks

Aberdeen City Centre History Tour

Aberdeen City Centre Through Time

Aberdeen in Old Picture Postcards

Aberdeen in the Fifties and Sixties

Aberdeen Remembered: By Aberdeen City Libraries and Museums

Aberdeen, Inverurie and Pitmedden (OS Landranger Map)

Aberdeen: An Illustrated Architectural Guide (RIAS illustrated architectural guides to Scotland)

Aberdeenshire: South and Aberdeen (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Scotland)

Aberdeenshire's Lost Railways

Angus and Kincardineshire's Lost Railways

BR Steam in Colour: London to Aberdeen from the Bill Reed Collection

Bradshaw's Guide Scotland's Railways East Coast Berwick to Aberdeen & Beyond: Volume 6

Brechin 1901: Forfarshire Sheet 28.13 (Old O.S. Maps of Forfarshire)

British Railways Steam - King's Cross to Aberdeen: From the Bill Reed Collection

Bygone Montrose: With Inverkeilor, Lunan Bay, Rossie, Usan, Ferryden, Bridge of Dun, Hillside, Dubton and Craigo

Caledonian Routes 1: Aberdeen, Strathmore Line & Branches

Cock o' the North: Aberdeen to Kyle of Lochalsh - Study in Diesel Power Through Its Various Stages

Great North Memories: Aberdeen No. 2: Scenes of the North East's Own Railway

Hidden Aberdeen: History on Your Doorstep and Under Your Feet

Joint Station: Aberdeen Station, 1867-1992

Landranger (54) Dundee & Montrose, Forfar & Arbroath (OS Landranger Map)

Memories of Steam from Glasgow to Aberdeen

Memories of Steam from Glasgow to Aberdeen

Memories of Steam from Glasgow to Aberdeen

Montrose The Postcard Collection

Montrose Through Time
National Series of Waterway, Tramway and Railway Atlases: Aberdeen v. 1m
On Either Side, 1939: The Train between London King's Cross & Edinburgh Waverley, Fort William, Inverness & Aberdeen (Old House)

OS Explorer Map (389) Forfar, Brechin and Edzell (OS Explorer Paper Map) (OS Explorer Active Map)

Railways Of Scotland 4: Aberdeen And The Grampians DVD - Cinerail

Railways Of Scotland 7: Perth To Kinnaber Junction DVD - Cinerail

The Montrose & Bervie Railway: A Study of Transport in South-East Kincardineshire 1770-1966

The Railways of Aberdeen: 150 Years of History: One Hundred and Fifty Years of History
The Railways of Strathmore (Perth, Forfar and Brechin)The 'Subbies': The story of Aberdeen's suburban trains 1887-1987