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Group were stuck at the Aberdeenshire stop as they waited for a replacement bus after the service was cancelled mid-journey.
(Permalink) Replacement bus Stonehaven Storm Gerrit |
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Rail bosses are facing questions after 'troubling' frequent closures of key Scottish train lines. MSP Kevin Stewart, a former transport minister, wrote to ScotRail after Tuesday saw the Aberdeen to Dundee rail line shut down due to a 'defect'. Trains faced 'major disruption' while engineers probed the reported fault, near to the site of the 2020 Stonehaven crash which killed three people.
(Permalink) Stonehaven Track defect |
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ScotRail had halted all services due to a track defect near Stonehaven.
(Permalink) Stonehaven Track defect |
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Scotrail is proposing a new timetable, which will also affect customers in Stonehaven, Laurencekirk and Portlethen.
(Permalink) Inverurie Laurencekirk Portlethen Stonehaven |
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Services are facing delays due to a speed restriction.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Dundee Laurencekirk Speed restriction Stonehaven |
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Brett McCullough, Christopher Stuchbury and conductor Donald Dinnie were killed in the derailment at Carmont on August 12, 2020. The rail operator has remembered their deaths on the anniversary.
(Permalink) Carmont derailment Stonehaven |
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Emergency services were called to Stonehaven Station shortly before 4pm on Friday.
(Permalink) Fire Stonehaven |
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ScotRail train services are being delayed between Aberdeen and Dundee this morning due to a fault with a level crossing.
(Permalink) Delays Laurencekirk Level Crossing Stonehaven |
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A new survey has been launched this week to study transport problems and opportunities between Aberdeen and Laurencekirk.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Altens Cove Laurencekirk New station proposal Newtonhill Stonehaven  Aberdeen: Hourly Aberdeen to Montrose stopping services seem to have sneaked into the timetable when I wasn't looking. They give Portlethen and Laurencekirk a regular service, but this train anyway was rather e ...  Laurencekirk: The 1530hrs Edinburgh to Aberdeen in the down platform Laurencekirk on Saturday 25 August 2018.
 Newtonhill: The 09.52 LNER service from Aberdeen to Kings Cross passes through the site of Newtonhill Station, closed in 1956. The signalbox closed on 28 April 2019. |
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Residents in Stonehaven were left disgusted after discovering 'heartbreaking' vandalism at the train station - one year on from the rail disaster which claimed the lives of three men.
(Permalink) Stonehaven Vandalism |
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Network Rail said a 24m section of side wall fell away from a bridge between Carmont and Stonehaven.
(Permalink) Carron Water Bridge [East Croft of Carmont] Laurencekirk Stonehaven  Carron Water Bridge [East Croft of Carmont]: A follow up to photos taken at the Carron Water bridge on 12th July 2020 - see image [[73730]] - now that STORY have departed. This was the scene at the end of September.
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A number of train journeys have been cancelled after severe weather damaged an embankment between Laurencekirk and Stonehaven.
(Permalink) Carron Water Bridge [East Croft of Carmont] Laurencekirk Stonehaven |
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Investigation into trains exceeding an emergency speed restriction between Laurencekirk and Portlethen, Aberdeenshire, 4 December 2020.
(Permalink) Carmont Laurencekirk Porthlethen Stonehaven Stonehaven derailment |
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The last of the carriages has been removed from the scene of last months tragic derailment near Stonehaven.
(Permalink) Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Stonehaven |
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A busy commuter road in Stonehaven could be lowered to allow buses and other high vehicles to safely pass under the railway bridge.
(Permalink) Stonehaven |
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Network Rail workers have successfully completed the first phase of railway signal improvements between Aberdeen and Stonehaven.
(Permalink) Stonehaven |
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Network Rail is advising passengers that buses will replace trains between Aberdeen and Dundee on Sunday April 28 as engineers commission the first phase of signalling improvements on the line.
(Permalink) Stonehaven |
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Passengers in Laurencekirk have raised concerns that they have been missed out by the Aberdeen to Glasgow train, which no longer stops in the village.
There have also been complaints about a reduction in direct services raised by passengers in Stonehaven. Both communities are increasingly relying on driving to Montrose to hop on a train to the central belt. (Permalink) Laurencekirk Stonehaven Laurencekirk: The 1530hrs Edinburgh to Aberdeen in the down platform Laurencekirk on Saturday 25 August 2018.
 Laurencekirk: 170 417 with an Aberdeen bound service at Laurencekirk on 19 June 2009.  Laurencekirk: An Aberdeen - Glasgow Queen Street service calls at Laurencekirk on 12 July 2009. Note the successfully restored (as opposed to demolished) main building on the down platform see image [[13322]]. |
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A renowned royal landmark, once at threat of disappearing forever, has been shortlisted for a prestigious building prize.
(Permalink) Ballater Station restoration Stonehaven |
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Plans to revamp a north-east railway station have been refused by a local authority. [Railscot note: this article refers to Stonehaven Station.]
(Permalink) Stonehaven |
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A railway station in a north-east town could require a major car park expansion in the future, according to a new study. Transport partnership Nestrans approved the appointment of a consultant to examine potential future parking and access demands at Portlethen, Stonehaven and Laurencekirk railway stations. The findings of the study show that Stonehaven station is expected to require up to 294 additional spaces by 2032.
(Permalink) Car park Stonehaven  Stonehaven: The approach to Stonehaven station from Arduthie Road on 7 June 2017. Opposite the 1849 station building the former goods shed still stands - now operating as Station Motors. |
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Railway journeys have been disrupted this afternoon after tracks were blocked close to Stonehaven for a safety inspection.
(Permalink) Broken rail Stonehaven |
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The driver of a train which derailed in Stonehaven resulting in days of major travel delays for hundreds of passengers subsequently failed a drug test, it is understood.
(Permalink) 2018 Stonehaven station derailment Stonehaven |
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Rail services between Aberdeen and Dundee face another day of disruption after a derailment.
The train derailed at Stonehaven on Wednesday, leading to the closure of the line. ScotRail warned that services would remain suspended until 'at least' 18:00. Replacement buses between Aberdeen and Dundee have been set up as a result of the derailment. No passengers were on board. Accident investigators are at the scene. (Permalink) 2018 Stonehaven station derailment Stonehaven |
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Plans for a railways revolution in the north-east aimed at boosting commuter links to and from Aberdeen are back on track.
Transport chiefs want more frequent services for travellers heading in and out of the city for work from towns such as Inverurie and Stonehaven. And a wish-list of new stations has been drawn up - including Kintore, Persley, Kittybrewster, Cove and Newtonhill - which is facing major expansion with a new town at Chapelton of Elsick. (Permalink) Aberdeen Chapelton of Elsick Cove Inverurie Kintore Kittybrewster Newtonhill Persley Stonehaven  Newtonhill: Site of the former Newtonhill station between Stonehaven and Aberdeen, closed to passengers in June 1956. View north in November 2006.  Cove: A class 47 takes a container train north towards Aberdeen through the site of the former Cove station on 07 December 1974.  Kittybrewster [2nd]: B1 no 61242 Alexander Reith Gray running south wrong-line through Kittybrewster station in September 1960. The locomotive is thought to be on its way from Kittybrewster shed (the top of the coa ... |
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Police are investigating damage on a stretch of railway track approximately 3 miles west of Stonehaven at Auquhirie.
The damage was brought to the attention of British Transport Police at around 1am by a train driver. Many rush hour trains have been cancelled or disrupted and delays are likely to contine. Limited replacement buses will operate from Laurencekirk to Aberdeen for trains terminating there, passengers can also alight at Montrose for a local bus service to Aberdeen. [Near the former Dunnottar Signal Box. ] (Permalink) Auquhirie Dunnottar Signal Box Sabotage Stonehaven |
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Evocative posters will greet visitors arriving at Stonehaven railway station thanks to the town's Horizon group and a trio of local photographers
(Permalink) Stonehaven  Stonehaven: The exterior of Stonehaven station, seen from the carriage drive on 18 June 2009. See image [[20020 to play 'spot the changes over ten years.']]
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Ten men from Aberdeen and Dundee appear in court in relation to a brawl at Stonehaven railway station earlier this year.
(Permalink) Stonehaven  Stonehaven: Scotrail 158710, about to pull into Stonehaven with the bridge over the A957 Slug Road behind, on 29th September 2023.  Stonehaven: Caledonian Sleeper service, double headed with 73970 leading and 73971 behind, at Stonehaven on 1st June 2021.
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British Transport Police appeal for witnesses after about 30 men were involved in a fight at Stonehaven station.
(Permalink) Stonehaven Stonehaven: Scotrail 158710, about to pull into Stonehaven with the bridge over the A957 Slug Road behind, on 29th September 2023. Stonehaven: Caledonian Sleeper service, double headed with 73970 leading and 73971 behind, at Stonehaven on 1st June 2021.
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This was a day of disrupted services. The North Berwick Line flooded, there was a track defect at Gartshore and flooding between Linlithgow and Edinburgh Haymarket (Edinburgh to Glasgow line), flooding at Inverkeithing, a landslide between Aberdeen and Stonehaven, and flooding of the Bathgate line. The East Coast Main Line was closed between Edinburgh and Berwick.
(Permalink) Bathgate Flood Gartshore Loops Inverkeithing Landslide Linlithgow North Berwick Stonehaven |
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