Carnoustie railway station


Carnoustie railway station is an unstaffed railway station which serves the town of Carnoustie, Angus, Scotland.
Carnoustie station was extensively 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 5ft 6in gauge 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, 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was replaced in 1961 by a Pullman camping coach which was joined by another Pullman in 1964 until 1967 when they were withdrawn.

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 Scotail. 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 and. 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.
There is also a limited Sunday service to Glasgow and Aberdeen.

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