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 Laurencekirk station after restoration and reopening | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Laurencekirk, Aberdeenshire Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 56°50′12″N 2°27′55″W / 56.8368°N 2.4653°W | ||||
| Grid reference | NO717718 | ||||
| Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | LAU[2] | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F1 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Aberdeen Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Caledonian Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | LMS | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1 November 1849 | Opened | ||||
| 4 September 1967 | Closed | ||||
| 17 May 2009 | Re-opened | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2018/19 |  86,332 | ||||
| 2019/20 |  88,566 | ||||
| 2020/21 | 8,778 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 45,386 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 60,670 | ||||
Listed Building – Category B | |||||
| Designated | 8 March 2001 | ||||
| Reference no. | LB47653[3] | ||||
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Laurencekirk railway station is a railway station serving the communities of Laurencekirk and The Mearns in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The station was reopened on 18 May 2009 at a cost of £3 million.[4] It is sited 210 miles 44 chains (338.8 km) from Carlisle, and is between Montrose and Stonehaven, on the Dundee to Aberdeen line. There is a crossover at the north end of the station, which can be used to facilitate trains turning back if the line south to Montrose is blocked.[5]
- ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
- ^ Deaves, Phil. "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- ^ "LAURENCEKIRK RAILWAY STATION INCLUDING CANOPY". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- ^ "Rail station finally back on line". BBC News. 18 May 2009. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ^ 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. 95. ISBN 978-1909431-26-3.