# Carnoustie railway station

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. 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.

## History

The station was opened on 6 October 1838 on the 5 ft 6in gauge (1676mm) Dundee and Arbroath Railway. 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. The railway changed to standard gauge in 1847.
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.
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 This was joined by another Pullman in 1964 until 1967 when they were withdrawn.

## Facilities

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.

## Passenger volume

Passenger Volume at Carnoustie :
| | 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.
| Preceding station | National Rail | 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 | Historical railways | Historical railways | |
| Barry Links Line and Station open | | Dundee and Arbroath Railway | | Easthaven Line open; Station closed |