Barry Links railway station
Barry Links railway station lies south of the village of Barry, west of Carnoustie in Angus, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line. In 2016/17, Barry Links was the least used railway station in the UK with just 24 entries and exits. History. The station was opened on 31 July 1851 by Dundee and Arbroath Railway, and was named Barry. The station was renamed to its current name on 1 April 1919. 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 . Since then, there has been a modest increase in passenger numbers: 26 entries/exits in 2004/05 (third lowest in the UK), 28 in 2005/06 (third lowest) and 44 in 2006/07 (fifth lowest). In the 2011/12 statistics, Barry Links had the seventh lowest passenger numbers. The low numbers reflect the fact that the current service (May 2015 timetable) is very sparse – only two trains per day in total stop at the station (one each way, Mondays to Saturdays  only), limiting use and growth. In the 2016/17 statistics, Barry Links again became the least used station in Britain, receiving only 24 entries and exits. In the May 2019 timetable change the service will double now receiving two southbound trains in the morning and two northbound trains in the evening. 2019/20 passenger use. The year 2019/20 saw a massive increase in passenger entries/exits to the station. This was due to an increase in season ticket sales between this station and Golf Street station. In March 2019, ScotRail apologized 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. This loophole was discovered by RailForum's user Mathieu. However, due to the continued low passenger usage at Barry Links, services to and from Aberdeen and Inverness to Edinburgh and Glasgow pass through the station but do not call here.