Stonehaven

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Stonehaven (1849-)

Station code: STN National Rail ScotRail
Where: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Opened on the Aberdeen Railway.
Open on the Dundee to Aberdeen.

Description

This is a two platform station. When built, this station was quite far outside Stonehaven - built nearly a mile west at Arduthie - but the town has expanded to include it. The station is on high ground above the harbour.

Most passenger trains halt here. There is a 'B' listed signal box (a replacement for the original dating from 1901) and fine station building on the southbound platform. This building presents two storeys to the road approach and a single storey to the platforms. The rather nice glazed canopy over the entrance was added in Caledonian Railway days. A similarly aged wooden canopy covers the southbound platform, tilted back towards the station building.

There was a bay platform on the northbound platform, making this almost an island platform. The building, now gone, on this platform was heavily canopied, covering both platform faces, the canopy matching the main building on the southbound platform. The platforms are linked by a subway.

Some sidings from the goods yard remain here, although out of use for freight. The goods shed also still stands. These are at the north end of the station, on the east side and accessed from via a reversing spur from the southbound platform.

There is a car parking at this station.

For the Carmont derailment see Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont]. (See News section.)

Local

Dunnottar Castle is two miles south of Stonehaven, on the coast.

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

Facilities

Listing: B




Chronology Dates

01/11/1849Aberdeen Railway
Line extended from Dubton Junction to Limpet Mill (a temporary terminus north of Stonehaven). Stations at Marykirk, Laurencekirk, Drumlithie, Stonehaven and Limpet Mill.
13/05/1862Deeside Extension Railway
Line leased by Great North of Scotland Railway to block authorisation of a new line from Stonehaven to Kintore [1st].
13/05/1862Deeside Railway
Line leased by Great North of Scotland Railway to block authorisation of a new line from Stonehaven to Kintore [1st].
  /10/1997Aberdeen Railway
Stonehaven car park to be expanded.
26/02/1998Aberdeen Railway
Tiphook container derailed off a bridge during shunting at Stonehaven.
12/08/2020Aberdeen Railway
HST derails after hitting landslide at Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont], three are killed. The train was halted en route south from Aberdeen to Glasgow Queen Street High Level due to flooding to the south of Carmont. After reversing and returning through Carmont to Stonehaven a landslip is hit derailing the train some of which is destroyed by fire. The line is closed for investigation, clearance and repairs.

News items

15/11/2023Questions after key Scottish rail closure sparks 'major disruption' [The National]
14/11/2023Aberdeen to Dundee railway line reopens after two hours of major disruption [Press and Journal]
28/10/2023Inverurie trains to be cut by the dozen to boost links between Aberdeen and Glasgow [Press and Journal]
09/10/2023Stonehaven victims win £1m in compensation from Network Rail after fatal train derailment [STV]
26/09/2023Trains between Aberdeen and Dundee disrupted due to track safety inspection [Press and Journal]
08/09/2023Hefty fine is no real justice for Stonehaven rail crash victims [Daily Record]
08/09/2023Network Rail fined £6.7 million for failings that caused Stonehaven rail crash [Press and Journal]
08/09/2023Stonehaven crash: Network Rail signaller told ScotRail driver 'everything's fine' [Scotsman]
07/09/2023Stonehaven train crash: My clothes were covered in blood and I could feel a bone sticking out my shoulder [STV]
06/09/2023Stonehaven crash: Network Rail accused of failing to warn driver [BBC News]

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