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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 ...

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Carnoustie railway station is a railway station which serves the town of

Angus, Scotland Angus ( sco, Angus; gd, Aonghas) is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland, a registration county and a lieutenancy area. The council area borders Aberdeenshire, Dundee City and Perth and Kinross. Main industries include agr ...

. It is sited east of the former Dundee East station, on the Dundee to Aberdeen line, between Golf Street and

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 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.

manage the station and provide almost all services. Carnoustie station was refurbished by

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Rail prior to the 2007 Open Golf Championship which was held at the adjacent golf course.

History

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The station was opened on 6 October 1838 on the 5 ft 6in gauge (1676mm)

. 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

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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 Camping coaches were holiday accommodation offered by many railway companies in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland from the 1930s. The coaches were old passenger vehicles no longer suitable for use in trains, which were converted to ...

was positioned here by the

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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

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 Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), and ...

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and

Edinburgh Waverley Edinburgh Waverley railway station (also known simply as Waverley; gd, Waverley Dhùn Èideann) is the principal railway station serving Edinburgh, Scotland. It is the second busiest station in Scotland, after Glasgow Central. It is the north ...

. The

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also picks up (southbound) and sets down (southbound) 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

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.eNRT May 2022 Edition, Table 214

References

External Links

Video footage of the station on YouTube
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