Golf Street railway station is located on Golf Street in Carnoustie, Angus, Scotland, and serves the town's central areas. It is sited 9 miles 70 chains (15.9 km) from the former Dundee East station, on the Dundee to Aberdeen line, between Barry Links and Carnoustie.^[4] ScotRail, who manage the station, operate all services.

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Golf Street Scottish Gaelic: Sràid a' Ghoilf[1]
General information
Location	Carnoustie, Angus Scotland
Coordinates	56.4980°N 2.7200°W / 56.4980; -2.7200
Grid reference	NO557342
Managed by	ScotRail
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	GOF[2]
Key dates
7 November 1960[3]	Opened as Golf Street Halt
16 May 1983	Renamed as Golf Street
Passengers
2018/19	280
2019/20	964
2020/21	114
2021/22	518
2022/23	906
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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The station opened in 1960^[3] as Golf Street Halt before changing its name on 16 May 1983.^{[citation needed]}

The station is the nearest to the Carnoustie Golf Links. During the 1999 Open Championship, extra services were laid on to bring spectators to the course, significantly boosting passenger figures for that year.^{[citation needed]}

Facilities are incredibly low at Golf Street, consisting of just two benches (one on each platform) and a shelter on platform 2. Both platforms have step-free access.^[5] As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train.

Patronage of the station is currently very low. In the Strategic Rail Authority's 2002/3 financial year, only nine people (excluding season ticket holders) paid fares at Golf Street station, with nine disembarking, making it the third least busy station in the United Kingdom, after Gainsborough Central and neighbouring Barry Links. In 2005/06 there were 65 passenger entries/exits at the station (9th lowest in the UK), but this dropped to 38 (4th lowest) in 2006/07.

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

British Rail operated local passenger services between Dundee and Arbroath until May 1990. Since these were discontinued, most of the intermediate stations have had only a very sparse ("parliamentary") service, provided so as to avoid the difficulty of formal closure procedures. As of May 2023, there is a total of four trains per day (two in each direction): southbound, there is an 06:15 to Dundee and an 07:51 to Glasgow Queen Street, whilst northbound there is an 18:14 and an 18:51, both to Arbroath. There is no Sunday service.^[7]

More information Preceding station, National Rail ...

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Barry Links		ScotRail Dundee–Aberdeen line Mondays-Saturdays only		Carnoustie

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