Carnoustie railway station

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Carnoustie railway station is a railway station which serves the town of Carnoustie, Angus, Scotland. It is sited Script error: No such module "convert". east of the former Dundee East station, on the Dundee to Aberdeen line, between Golf Street and Arbroath. There is a crossover at the south end of the station, which can be used to facilitate trains turning back if the line north to Arbroath is blocked.[2]Script error: No such module "Unsubst". ScotRail manage the station and provide almost all services.

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History

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Looking east across the station, 1988

The station was opened on 6 October 1838 on the 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) gauge Dundee and Arbroath Railway.[3][4] The station was originally built on the west side of Station Road, to the north of the running line. The goods yard was to the north of the station and mostly accessed via a turntable.[5] The railway changed to standard gauge in 1847.[4]

In 1900 the station was relocated to the other side of the running line and to the other side of Station Road, the goods yard remained where it was and expanded into some of the space the station had used, by this time the access became the usual set of points. The goods yard was able to accommodate most types of goods including live stock and was equipped with a three-ton crane.[6][7]

A camping coach was positioned here by the Scottish Region from 1956 to 1960, which was replaced in 1961 by a Pullman camping coach. This was joined by another Pullman in 1964 until 1967 when they were withdrawn.[8]

Facilities

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The station as seen from the footbridge, 2010

There are shelters, benches and help points on both platforms, whilst platform 1 is also equipped with a ticket machine. There is a car park, and cycle racks, adjoining platform 2. Both platforms have step-free access, and are linked by a footbridge.[9]

Passenger volume

Passenger Volume at Carnoustie[10]
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 43,576 55,507 66,800 71,184 145,700 92,268 91,508 91,740 100,698 107,758 120,432 123,928 123,920 119,278 127,364 200,460 133,828 18,674 82,578 100,084

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

As of May 2022, there is a roughly hourly service in each direction, between Dundee and Arbroath, with some trains to Aberdeen, Glasgow Queen Street and Edinburgh Waverley. The Caledonian Sleeper also picks up (southbound) and sets down (northbound) passengers here. On Sundays, going northbound, there are 5 trains a day to Aberdeen. Going southbound, there 4 trains to Edinburgh (including the Caledonian Sleeper), 1 to Glasgow Queen Street and 1 to Perth.[11]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Golf Street 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
Glasgow–Dundee line / Highland Main Line / West Highland Line 		style="background:#Template:ScotRail colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |   Arbroath
Dundee style="background:#Template:CS color; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |   Caledonian Sleeper
West Coast Main Line 		style="background:#Template:CS color; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |   Arbroath
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Barry Links
Line and Station open 		  Dundee and Arbroath Railway   Easthaven
Line open; Station closed

References

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  11. ↑ eNRT May 2022 Edition, Table 214

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External links

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