Carnoustie railway station

Carnoustie railway station is an unstaffed railway station which serves the town of Carnoustie, Angus, Scotland.

Carnoustie

Scottish Gaelic: Càrn Ùstaidh[1]
Carnoustie railway station in 2002
LocationCarnoustie, Angus
Scotland
Coordinates56.5007°N 2.7053°W / 56.5007; -2.7053
Grid referenceNO566345
Managed byAbellio ScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeCAN
History
Original companyDundee and Arbroath Railway
Key dates
6 October 1838Opened
1900Station relocated
Passengers
2015/16 0.124 million
2016/17 0.120 million
2017/18 0.127 million
2018/19 0.200 million
2019/20 0.134 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Carnoustie station was refurbished by Galliford Try Rail prior to the 2007 Open Golf Championship which was held at the adjacent golf course.

History

The station was opened on 6 October 1838 on the 5 ft 6in gauge (1676mm) Dundee and Arbroath Railway.[2][3] 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.[4] The railway changed to standard gauge in 1847.[3]

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.[5][6]

A camping coach was positioned here by the Scottish Region from 1956 to 1960, the coach was replaced in 1961 by a Pullman camping coach which was joined by another Pullman in 1964 until 1967 when they were withdrawn.[7]

Services

2018/19

Monday to Saturday: There is an hourly service in each direction, to both Edinburgh via Dundee and Kirkcaldy, and to Arbroath. This takes the daily number of services from 34 up to 45, as part of a service upgrade between Dundee and Arbroath, delivered by Transport Scotland and ScotRail.[8] There are also some services to and from Glasgow and Aberdeen.

Sunday: Northbound, there are 5 trains a day to Aberdeen and Southbound, 3 trains to Edinburgh, 1 to Glasgow and 1 to Perth.

2016

The station is served primarily by Abellio ScotRail trains between Glasgow Queen Street and Aberdeen. These call every two hours each way for most of the day, rising to hourly at peak times. A limited number of trains to/from Edinburgh Waverley also call during morning & evening peak periods, whilst two services start/finish here (one of which provides the 'parliamentary' token service to/from most of the local stations en route to Dundee).[9]

There is also a limited Sunday service (five per day each way in the current timetable) to Glasgow and Aberdeen.

  • Pedestrian bridge for platform access (2005)
  • A Class 101 train stops at the station (1988)
  • View of Platform 1 with the original canopy (1913)

References
  1. Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. "Gaelic/English Station Index". Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
  2. Quick, Michael (2019) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF) (5th ed.). Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 108.
  3. Grant, Donald J. (2017). Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain (1st ed.). Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Troubador Publishing Ltd. pp. 157–158. ISBN 978-1-78803-768-6.
  4. "Carnoustie station on OS 25 inch map Forfarshire LI.16 (with inset LII.13) (Combined)". National Library of Scotland. 1899 [surveyed in 1858]. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  5. "Carnoustie station on OS 25 inch map Forfarshire LI.16 (Barry; Panbride)". National Library of Scotland. 1902. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  6. The Railway Clearing House (1970) [1904]. The Railway Clearing House Handbook of Railway Stations 1904 (1970 D&C Reprint ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles Reprints. p. 109. ISBN 0-7153-5120-6.
  7. McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. p. 28. ISBN 1-870119-53-3.
  8. Scotrail rail revolution declared as 39 carriages ‘to be retained by ScotRail’ instead of going elsewhereRail.co.uk news article 25 March 2016; Retrieved 18 August 2016
  9. GB eNRT 2015-16 Edition, Table 229 (Network Rail)
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Golf Street   Abellio ScotRail
Dundee–Aberdeen line		   Arbroath
Dundee   Caledonian Sleeper
Highland Caledonian Sleeper		   Arbroath
  Historical railways  
Barry Links
Line and Station open		   Dundee and Arbroath Railway   Easthaven
Line open; Station closed
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