Aberdeen railway station

For other railway stations in Aberdeen, United Kingdom, see Railway stations of Aberdeen. For other railways stations named Aberdeen, see Aberdeen station (disambiguation).

Aberdeen Scottish Gaelic: Obar Dheathain [1]
Aberdeen Station in 2022
General information
Location	Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen Scotland
Coordinates	57°08′37″N2°05′55″W / 57.1436°N 2.0985°W / 57.1436; -2.0985
Grid reference	NJ941058
Managed by	ScotRail
Platforms	6 (numbered 2–7)
Other information
Station code	ABD [2]
History
Original company	Denburn Valley Line
Key dates
4 November 1867	Station opened as Aberdeen Joint to replace Aberdeen Guild Street and Aberdeen Waterloo [3]
1913–1916	Rebuilt
1952	Renamed Aberdeen [3]
2007–2008	Major refurbishment
2020-2022	Major redevelopment
Passengers
2018/19	2.616 million
Interchange	0.258 million

v t e Railway stations around Aberdeen
Legend
Great North of Scotland Rly Don Street (GNoSR) Kittybrewster Junction (DVL) Kittybrewster (new) Kittybrewster (old) (GNoSR) (DVL) Hutcheon Street Waterloo (GNoSR) Victoria Basin: North (HTT) Victoria Basin: South (HTT) Deeside Goods (HTT) (DVL) Schoolhill Guild Street (AR) (DVL) Aberdeen Joint Deeside Goods Branch Junction Goods Branch Junction (DVL) Aberdeen Ferryhill Ferryhill Junction (DR) Holburn Street River Dee Deeside Railway Aberdeen Railway
Railways
AR Aberdeen Railway (CR) DR Deeside Railway (GNoSR) DVL Denburn Valley Line (GNoSR) GNoSR Great North of Scotland Railway HTT Harbour Trustee Tramways (Aberdeen)

Concourse at Aberdeen station (2011)

There is a staffed travel centre providing ticket office and information facilities (e.g. timetables). There are also automatic ticket machines outside this office and in the main concourse. Tickets purchased in advance (e.g. on the internet) can be collected from any of these machines. The entrance to the ScotRail first-class lounge is located inside the ticket office (travel centre). Luggage trolleys are provided for travellers with baggage and a left-luggage facility is available with access from the front forecourt of the station. There is step-free access to all platforms from the bridge. There are also two sets of toilets near the main entrance, as well as payphones and an excess fares office. ^[23]

A waiting room is available on the main concourse, as is a branch of WHSmith selling books, magazines, stationery and confectionery. There is also a pub and café. A wide range of other shopping and eating facilities are located in the Union Square complex which can be accessed directly through the concourse and is integrated with the station building. ^[24]

Passenger volume

The main origin or destination station for journeys to or from Aberdeen in the 2022–23 period was Edinburgh, making up 216,214 of the 1,961,414 journeys (13.3%). ^[25]

Passenger Volume at Aberdeen ^[25]

	2002–03	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12	2012–13	2013–14	2014–15	2015–16	2016–17	2017–18	2018–19	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23
Entries and exits	1,761,041	1,931,973	2,107,855	2,278,872	2,470,281	2,568,810	2,657,014	2,964,302	3,170,464	3,338,072	3,599,431	3,742,646	3,459,944	3,058,268	2,948,150	2,616,142	2,497,108	393,982	1,536,720	1,961,414
Interchanges	– [nb 1]	187,983	201,417	230,788	119,259	162,526	164,299	148,594	197,040	200,864	219,085	219,002	204,139	192,344	179,958	258,416	237,220	27,863	124,666	179,272

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

All scheduled services are operated by diesel-powered rolling stock. The services from Aberdeen for the May 2022 timetable are: ^[26]

ScotRail

A First ScotRail service at Aberdeen, formed of a Class 170 Turbostar unit

• 1tph to Edinburgh Waverley via Dundee
• 1tph to Glasgow Queen Street via Dundee, Perth and Stirling (Scotland)
• 1tp2h to Inverness via Keith and Elgin
• 2tph "Aberdeen Crossrail" services to Inverurie calling at all intermediate stations (introduced December 2019)
• 1tph "Aberdeen Crossrail" service from Inverurie to Montrose calling at all intermediate stations (introduced December 2019)

Caledonian Sleeper

• 1tpd to London Euston calling at Preston and Crewe.

CrossCountry

• 1tpd to Plymouth, along the Cross Country Route
• 1tpd to Edinburgh Waverley via Dundee and Haymarket.

London North Eastern Railway

• 3tpd to London King's Cross via Dundee, Edinburgh Waverley, Newcastle and York.
• 1tpd to Leeds via Dundee, Edinburgh Waverley, Newcastle and York.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Stonehaven or Dundee		CrossCountry Cross Country Route		Terminus
Portlethen		ScotRail Dundee–Aberdeen line		Terminus
Terminus		ScotRail Aberdeen to Inverness Line		Dyce
Portlethen To Montrose		ScotRail Aberdeen Crossrail		Dyce To Inverurie
Stonehaven		Caledonian Sleeper Caledonian Sleeper		Terminus
Stonehaven		London North Eastern Railway East Coast Main Line		Terminus
	Ferry services
Terminus		NorthLink Ferries Shetland ferry service		Lerwick
Terminus		NorthLink Ferries Orkney ferry service		Kirkwall
	Historical railways
Terminus		Caledonian Railway Aberdeen Railway		Cove Bay Line open; Station closed
Terminus		Great North of Scotland Railway Deeside Railway		Holburn Street Line partly open; Station closed
Terminus		GNoSR / CR Joint Denburn Valley Line		Schoolhill Line open; Station closed

Connections

Buses

Regional and national bus services (including the Jet 727 to Aberdeen Airport) depart from Aberdeen bus station, which is located on the other side of the adjoining Union Square shopping centre. ^[27]

Ferries

Aberdeen railway station offers interchange with Aberdeen ferry terminal, which lies approximately 450 metres (490 yards) away, the departure point for ferry services operated by NorthLink Ferries to the Orkney and Shetland Islands. ^[28]

See also

• Aberdeen Ferryhill TMD

Notes

1. No data available.

References

1. Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
2. Deaves, Phil. "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
3. Butt (1995), page 12
4. Historic Environment Scotland. "GUILD STREET ABERDEEN RAILWAY STATION AND ROAD OVERBRIDGE (Category A Listed Building) (LB20673)" . Retrieved 1 April 2019.
5. Bridge, Mike, ed. (2017). TRACKatlas of Mainland Britain: A Comprehensive Geographic Atlas Showing the Rail Network of Great Britain (3rd ed.). Sheffield: Platform 5 Publishing Ltd. p. 96. ISBN   978-1-909431-26-3.
6. Quick 2022, p. 42.
7. Butt 1995, p. 12.
8. "Aberdeen – End of the Great North End" McIntrye, John; Railscot article January 2007. Retrieved 8 April 2014
9. British Rail Motorail Service 1968. [[British Rail]. 1967.
10. Marglotta, Cheryl (27 May 1995). "Anger and sadness as Motorail bites dust". Aberdeen Press and Journal . p. 9.
11. "Wraps come off plans for Motorail". Aberdeen Evening Express . 29 December 1998. p. 9.
12. "Launch of new Motorail service". Aberdeen Press and Journal . 29 March 1999. p. 10.
13. Merson, Adele. "Aberdeen Railway Station revamp plans approved". Evening Express. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
14. Morrice, Emma. "Plans to demolish 'eyesore' building in Aberdeen city centre approved". Evening Express. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
15. Andy McLaren. "Two disused platforms at Aberdeen train station could reopen". Evening Express. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
16. "£9m Aberdeen station investment is first glass news". Network Rail. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
17. "£8m Aberdeen station redevelopment". www.railtechnologymagazine.com. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
18. "Next phase of Aberdeen railway station redevelopment begins". RailAdvent. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
19. ScotRail (19 March 2021). "ScotRail unveils next phase of Aberdeen station redevelopment". scotrail.co.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
20. ScotRail (1 December 2021). "ScotRail restores historic Aberdeen landmark" . Retrieved 14 July 2023.
21. ScotRail (6 December 2022). "Aberdeen station restoration project celebrates success at National Railway Heritage Awards" . Retrieved 14 July 2023.
22. ScotRail (5 December 2022). "Transport Minister marks official opening of Aberdeen railway station redevelopment" . Retrieved 14 July 2023.
23. "National Rail Enquiries -". www.nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
24. Marshall, Geoff; Pipe, Vicki (2018). The Railway Adventures: Places, Trains, People and Stations. September Publishing. ISBN   978-1-910463-87-1.
25. "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
26. eNRT May 2022 Edition, Table 214
27. "Aberdeen Bus Station". The Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
28. "Aberdeen Station Bus and Cycle Routes" (PDF). National Rail. Retrieved 27 April 2023.

Bibliography

• Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   1-8526-0049-7. OCLC   19514063. CN 8983.
• Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN   978-0-9549866-9-8.
• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC   22311137.
• Quick, Michael (2022). Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain: A Chronology (PDF) (5th ed.). London: Railway and Canal Historical Society.

External links

• Train times and station information for Aberdeen railway station from National Rail