Portlethen railway station

Portlethen
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Location
Place	Portlethen
Local authority	Aberdeenshire
Coordinates
Grid reference	NO923967
Operations
Station code	PLN
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	10,722
2005/06	14,887
2006/07	21,073
2007/08	22,055
2008/09	19,906
2009/10	15,186
2010/11	18,382
2011/12	19,078
2012/13	28,000
2013/14	48,174
History
1 April 1850	Opened
11 June 1956	Closed
17 May 1985	Reopened
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Portlethen from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Portlethen railway station serves the town of Portlethen in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The station was opened on 1 April 1850. After closure in 1956, the station was reopened nearly 30 years later on 17 May 1985.

Station usage

In the year 2004-2005, Portlethen station attracted just under 11,000 (combined entry/exit) passengers, including 3,746 (combined entry/exit) season ticket journeys. By 2006-07, the annual number of passengers had increased to over 21,000 and by 2012-13 carried around 28,000 passengers per year.

Portlethen has a somewhat limited service, Trains only call here early in the morning and evening peaks and at night times with large gaps at certain times during the day,

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Stonehaven		Abellio ScotRail Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line		Aberdeen
Stonehaven		Abellio ScotRail Glasgow to Aberdeen Line		Aberdeen
	Historical railways
Newtonhill Line open; Station closed		Aberdeen Railway		Cove Bay Line open; Station closed