Barry Links railway station

Barry Links
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Location
Place	Barry
Local authority	Angus
Coordinates
Grid reference	NO542336
Operations
Station code	BYL
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2002/03	8
2004/05	26
2005/06	28
2006/07	44
2007/08	98
2008/09	94
2009/10	90
2010/11	74
2011/12	86
2012/13	52
2013/14	40
History
Original company	Dundee and Arbroath Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
31 July 1851	Opened as Barry
1 April 1919	Renamed as Barry Links
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Barry Links from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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The station in 1974

Barry Links railway station is a railway station serving the village of Barry, west of Carnoustie, Angus, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line.

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 busy station in the United Kingdom, tied with Gainsborough Central. Since then, there has been a modest increase in passenger numbers: 26 entries/exits in 2004/05 (3rd lowest in the UK), 28 in 2005/06 (3rd lowest) and 44 in 2006/07 (5th lowest). In the 2011/12 statistics, Barry Links had the 7th 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.

Services

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Monifieth		Abellio ScotRail Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line Mondays-Saturdays only		Golf Street
	Historical railways
Buddon Line open; station closed		Caledonian Railway and North British Railway Dundee and Arbroath Railway		Golf Street Line and station open

References

Sources

• TeeTime Scotland