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,
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Dundee and Arbroath Railway
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Barry Links railway station lies south of the village of
Barry Barry may refer to:
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, west of
Carnoustie
Carnoustie (; sco, Carnoustie, gd, Càrn Ùstaidh) is a town and former police burgh in the council area of Angus, Scotland. It is at the mouth of the Barry Burn on the North Sea coast. In the 2011 census, Carnoustie had a population of 11,3 ...
in
Angus, Scotland
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. It is sited from the former
Dundee East station, and is on the
Dundee to Aberdeen line, between
Monifieth
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and
Golf Street. The station is managed by
ScotRail
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, who provide all the services at the station.
In 2016/17, Barry Links was the least used railway station in the UK with just 24 entries and exits.
History
![Barry Links Station 1766465 6beccf2e](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/Barry_Links_Station_1766465_6beccf2e.jpg)
The station was opened on 31 July 1851 by
Dundee and Arbroath Railway
The Dundee and Arbroath Railway was an early railway in Scotland. It opened in 1838, and used the unusual track gauge of 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm). In 1848 it changed to standard gauge and connected to the emerging Scottish railway network ...
, and was named Barry.
[Butt, page 28] The station was renamed to its current name on 1 April 1919,
presumably to avoid confusion with
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station, in South Wales.
Facilities
Both platforms have shelters and benches, whilst platform 2 also has cycle racks. Only platform 2 has step-free access. As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train.
Passenger volume
In the
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'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 . In the 2011/12 statistics, Barry Links had the seventh lowest passenger numbers. The low numbers reflect the fact that the service was very sparse at the time. In the 2016/17 statistics, Barry Links again became the least used station in Britain, receiving only 24 entries and exits.
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. As a result, the year 2019/20 saw a massive increase in passenger entries/exits to the station.
The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.
Services
As of May 2022, there is a total of four trains per day (two in each direction): southbound, there is an 06:18 to
Dundee
Dundee (; sco, Dundee; gd, Dùn Dè or ) is Scotland's fourth-largest city and the 51st-most-populous built-up area in the United Kingdom. The mid-year population estimate for 2016 was , giving Dundee a population density of 2,478/km2 or ...
and an 07:54 to
Glasgow Queen Street
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, whilst northbound there is an 18:11 and an 18:48, both to
Arbroath
Arbroath () or Aberbrothock ( gd, Obar Bhrothaig ) is a former royal burgh and the largest town in the council area of Angus, Scotland, with a population of 23,902.
It lies on the North Sea coast some ENE of Dundee and SSW of Aberdeen.
The ...
. There is no Sunday service.
[eNRT May 2022 Edition, Table 214]
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Video footage of the station on YouTube
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Railway stations in Angus, Scotland
Former Dundee and Arbroath Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1851
Railway stations served by ScotRail
Low usage railway stations in the United Kingdom
1851 establishments in Scotland