Portlethen railway station
You can reach 35 stations directly from Portlethen on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Aberdeen, with 40 trains a day.
Portlethen is the nearest station for postcodes in AB12, AB13, AB14. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Portlethen
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen | 40 | 40 | 18 |
| Laurencekirk | 40 | 40 | 12 |
| Montrose | 40 | 40 | 18 |
| Stonehaven | 40 | 40 | 18 |
| Arbroath | 20 | 20 | 10 |
| Dundee | 20 | 20 | 10 |
| Carnoustie | 15 | 15 | 5 |
| Broughty Ferry | 13 | 13 | 5 |
| Perth | 13 | 12 | 5 |
| Dyce | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| Inverurie | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| Kintore | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| Glasgow Queen Street | 11 | 11 | 4 |
| Monifieth | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| Stirling | 11 | 11 | 4 |
| Edinburgh Waverley | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Haymarket | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Leuchars | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Cupar | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Gleneagles | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Invergowrie | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Bridge of Allan | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Dunblane | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Kirkcaldy | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Ladybank | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Markinch | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Elgin | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Forres | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Huntly | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Inverkeithing | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Insch | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Inverness | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Inverness Airport | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Keith | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Nairn | 1 | 1 | 0 |
How busy Portlethen is
68,214 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,927th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Portlethen and Aberdeen than any other pair: 47,972 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Sundays
Sunday is a different railway here: 24 stations instead of 35, a drop of about 31%. Saturday runs to 35.
Nearest other stations
- Aberdeen 5.7 miles
- Stonehaven 7.5 miles
- Dyce 10.3 miles
- Kintore 15.1 miles
- Inverurie 18.1 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Portlethen, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Newtonhill · 2.2 miles
- Muchalls · 3.2 miles
- Cove Bay · 3.3 miles
- West Cults · 4.2 miles
- Cults · 4.2 miles
- Pitfodels · 4.2 miles
Show closed stations on the map
More about this station on Wikipedia.