 Drumlithie lies close to the East Coast Main Line and was served by a railway station from 1849 to 1956.The number 26 bus service runs north to Stonehaven and south via Auchenblae to either Laurencekirk or Luthermuir.Alongside the commercial enterprise of the local newspaper, The Mearns Leader, Drumlithie has a Local Community Radio Station in Mearns FM.