Barry Links railway station

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Template other Barry Links railway station lies south of the village of Barry, west of Carnoustie in Angus, Scotland. It is sited from the former Dundee East station, and is on the Dundee to Aberdeen line, between Monifieth and Golf Street. The station is managed by ScotRail, who provide all the services at the station.

In 2016/17, Barry Links was the least used railway station in the UK with just 24 entries and exits.

History

File:Barry Links Station 1766465 6beccf2e.jpg

The station in 1974

The station was opened on 31 July 1851 by Dundee and Arbroath Railway, and was named Barry, even though the line through the station had opened thirteen years earlier.Template:Sfn The station was renamed to its current name on 1 April 1919, presumably to avoid confusion with Barry station, in South Wales.

Facilities

Both platforms have shelters and benches, whilst platform 2 also has cycle racks. Only platform 2 has step-free access. As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the conductor on the train.

Passenger volume

In the Strategic Rail Authority's 2002/03 financial year, only three fare-paying people (excluding season ticket holders) boarded trains at Barry Links station, and five disembarked, making it the least-used station in the United Kingdom, tied with Gainsborough Central. In the 2011/12 statistics, Barry Links had the seventh lowest passenger numbers. The low numbers reflect the fact that the service was very sparse at the time. In the 2016/17 statistics, Barry Links again became the least used station in Britain, receiving only 24 entries and exits.

In March 2019, ScotRail apologised for previous poor services across the network and offered season ticket holders, on affected routes, unlimited travel anywhere on the ScotRail network for selected weekends in March–May 2019. This then meant passengers were to buy the cheapest season ticket available between Golf Street and Barry Links, in order to take advantage of this promotion. As a result, the year 2019/20 saw a massive increase in passenger entries/exits to the station.

Passenger Volume at Barry Links

	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	8	26	28	44	98	94	90	74	86	52	40	60	68	24	52	122	638	184	244	470

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

As of June 2024, there is a total of three trains per day: southbound, there is an 06:18 to Template:Rws and an 07:54 to Template:Rws, whilst northbound there is solely an 18:11 to Template:Rws. There is no Sunday service.

Preceding station	National Rail National Rail			Following station
Monifieth	style="background:#Template:ScotRail colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	ScotRail Dundee–Aberdeen line Mondays-Saturdays only	style="background:#Template:ScotRail colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	Golf Street
	Historical railways
Buddon Line open; station closed		Caledonian Railway and North British Railway Dundee and Arbroath Railway		Carnoustie Line and station open

External links

• Train times and station information for Barry Links railway station from National Rail