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Carnoustie railway station

Coordinates: 56°30′03″N 2°42′19″W / 56.5007°N 2.7053°W / 56.5007; -2.7053
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Carnoustie

Scottish Gaelic: Càrn Ùstaidh[1]
National Rail
Carnoustie railway station in 2002
General information
LocationCarnoustie, Angus
Scotland
Coordinates56°30′03″N 2°42′19″W / 56.5007°N 2.7053°W / 56.5007; -2.7053
Grid referenceNO566345
Managed byScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeCAN[2]
History
Original companyDundee and Arbroath Railway
Key dates
6 October 1838Opened
1900Station relocated
Passengers
2018/19Increase 0.200 million
2019/20Decrease 0.134 million
2020/21Decrease 18,674
2021/22Increase 82,578
2022/23Increase 0.100 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Carnoustie railway station is a railway station which serves the town of Carnoustie, Angus, Scotland. It is sited 10 miles 33 chains (16.8 km) 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.[3][page needed] ScotRail manage the station and provide almost all services.

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

History

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Looking east across the station, 1988

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

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.[7][8]

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.[9]

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.[10]

Passenger volume

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Passenger Volume at Carnoustie[11]
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

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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.[12]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Golf Street   ScotRail
Glasgow–Dundee line / Highland Main Line / West Highland Line 		  Arbroath
Dundee   Caledonian Sleeper
West Coast Main Line 		  Arbroath
  Historical railways  
Barry Links
Line and Station open 		  Dundee and Arbroath Railway   Easthaven
Line open; Station closed

References

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  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. ^ Deaves, Phil. "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  3. ^ 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. ISBN 978-1909431-26-3.
  4. ^ Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 120. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
  5. ^ a b 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.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "Carnoustie station on OS 25 inch map Forfarshire LI.16 (Barry; Panbride)". National Library of Scotland. 1902. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. p. 28. ISBN 1-870119-53-3.
  10. ^ "National Rail Enquiries -". www.nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  11. ^ "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  12. ^ eNRT May 2022 Edition, Table 214
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