Carnoustie
Location type
StationName and dates
Carnoustie (1900-)Station code: CAN National Rail ScotRail
Where: Angus, Scotland
Opened on the Dundee and Arbroath Railway.
Open on the Dundee to Aberdeen.
Description
This is a two platform station on the east side of a level crossing. In 1900 it replaced an older station, on the same cramped site, the ticket office of which was to the west of the level crossing Carnoustie [1st] (see this link for notes about the older station location). To the west is a signal box, dating from 1898. This is on the south side of the line and just west of the level crossing.
The station has a fine lattice footbridge and two modern waiting shelters.
It had two large station buildings with canopies, that on the eastbound platform (the main building dating from 1900) having a particularly attractive large canopy supported by columns, the ends of which were later rebuilt in a more functional style. This was by Beath & Keay Engineers and Ironfounders, Albion Foundry, Hill Street, Dundee.
The westbound station building was similar to others on the line, such as at Monifieth (now to be found preserved at Birkhill). Its canopy was supported by brackets out from the building, without columns. There was a stone building on the westbound platform, located east of the timber building. The back wall of this building still stands.
The buildings were lost in the 1980s, the westbound in the early 1980s and the eastbound in 1986.
To the north there is a Station Hotel.
The western end of Carnousie is well served by stations, Golf Street is not far to the west with Barry Links beyond it.
Local
Carnousie Golf Links
Carnousie Golf Club
Tags
StationExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
NLS Map
10/08/2020
| Nearby stations Carnoustie [1st] Golf Street Barry Links Easthaven Buddon Monifieth Arbirlot Elliot Junction Cuthlie Monikie Denhead Hospitalfield Halt Arbroath West Links Balmossie Kingennie | Panmure Works (Jute) Vitriol Works Panbride Bleachfield Taymouth Engineering Works and Iron Foundry Barry Links No 2 Target Range Target Shed Dowrie Works (Bitumen) Elliot Goods Elliot Metal Box Factory Elliot Works 2nd Tourist/other Panmure Signal Box Panbride Signal Box Barry Mill Carlungie Earth House Ardestie Earth House Kellie Castle |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1900 | Dundee and Arbroath Railway Carnoustie rebuilt. (Often said to be relocated from west side of level crossing to east side - but maps show the station clearly on the east side before 1900.) |
| /05/1997 | Dundee and Arbroath Railway Barry West signal box closed, taken over by the box at Carnoustie. |
| /02/2019 | Dundee and Arbroath Railway Barriers replaced at Carnoustie station level crossing. |
News items
Books
 Railways of Dundee (Oakwood Library of Railway History) |  The Dundee & Arbroath Railway |
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 Arbroath Dundee Carnoustie Montifeith Broughty Ferry Railway Magazine 1958 £ 1.98 |  Photo 6x4 Flowers at Carnoustie Leisure Centre One of many local events h c2007 £ 2.00 |  Photo 6x4 Carnoustie Leisure Centre Situated close to the beach the leisu c2007 £ 2.00 |  Photo 6x4 Parkside Medical Centre Barry Carnoustie's new medical cen c2007 £ 2.00 |  Photo 6x4 The Panmure Centre Carnoustie c2007 £ 2.00 |  Real Photo Well Dressed Man In Suit & Tie - Robert Wilson Astbury, Carnoustie £ 10.00 |  Carnoustie Railway Station - 1980 View - Photo Print In Sleeve - # S1347 £ 1.50 |  Golf Handicap Vroken Arm - B Petrie Carnoustie Cartoon - Acorn Press Postcard £ 2.00 |  Postcard -- Westhaven, Carnoustie, Angus £ 3.00 |  Carnoustie, Scotland Multiview Colour Postcard * £ 1.00 |  Photo 6x4 Dragonfly, Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Carnoustie An o c2008 £ 2.00 |  Photo 6x4 Ladybird on a sunflower Carnoustie A rare spot of sun and blue c2008 £ 2.00 |  Photo 6x4 Hoverfly on a sunflower Carnoustie Usually a common sight in Au c2008 £ 2.00 |  Photo 6x4 Forfar Carnoustie Road at its junction with the road to Letham c2007 £ 2.00 |  Photo 6x4 A92 eastbound Carnoustie c2013 £ 2.00 |  Photo 6x4 A92 eastbound Carnoustie c2013 £ 2.00 |  Vintage 1965 Carnoustie Golf Links Course Real Photo Postcard £ 2.50 |  Carnoustie postcard - High Street. (Ideal Series – very early 1900s) £ 6.99 |  Golf Club House, Barry Burn, Championship Course, Carnoustie - Angus Postcard £ 5.00 |  1939 Carnoustie for Happy Holidays guide book £ 3.00 |
