Barry Links railway station

Barry Links

Scottish Gaelic: Machair Bharraidh[1]
National Rail
General information
LocationBarry, Angus
Scotland
Coordinates56°29′36″N 2°44′44″W / 56.4932°N 2.7456°W / 56.4932; -2.7456
Grid referenceNO542336
Managed byScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeBYL[2]
History
Original companyDundee and Arbroath Railway
Pre-groupingCaledonian Railway
Post-groupingLMS
Key dates
31 July 1851Opened as Barry[3]
1 April 1919Renamed as Barry Links[3]
Passengers
2019/20Increase 638
2020/21Decrease 184
2021/22Increase 244
2022/23Increase 470
2023/24Increase 666
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Barry Links railway station lies south of the village of Barry, west of Carnoustie in Angus, Scotland. It is sited 8 miles 67 chains (14.2 km) from the former Dundee East station, and is on the Dundee to Aberdeen line, between Monifieth and Golf Street.[4] The station is managed by ScotRail, 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.[5]

  1. ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. ^ Deaves, Phil. "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference butt28 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Bridge, Mike, ed. (2017). TRACKatlas of Mainland Britain: A Comprehensive Geographic Atlas Showing the Rail Network of Great Britain (3rd ed.). Sheffield: Platform 5 Publishing Ltd. p. 95. ISBN 978-1909431-26-3.
  5. ^ "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 December 2023.