In 2022/2023, Carnoustie had 100,084 entries and exits, making it the 1,634^th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
It ranked 774^th busiest (out of 997), with 292 scheduled services per week.
That's a daily average of 274.20 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 6.59 passengers per service, giving it the 1,147^th (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.

Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 22 timetable.

A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Plat.	Metres	VF*	Notes
1	142	516	Up Platform
2	148	538	Down Platform

*VF = Vicki Feet: the unit of measurement for platform lengths, as used in the excellent All The Stations. Conversion rate: YouTube video
Data derived from Network Rail timetable planning rules 2025 (Jan 2024)

2007-08 Growth of 27% or more
2008-09 Hosted The Open Golf Championship in 2007 which boosted numbers in 2007/08.
2013-14 Reason for increase unclear
2018-19 Extra services and passengers for The Open (golf) at Carnoustie in July 2018
2019-20 Higher demand than usual in 2018-19 due to golf Open, subsequent reduction in 2019-20

Location: Carnoustie
CRS: CAN / NLC: 9028 / TIPLOC(S): CNST
Station Facility Owner: ScotRail
OS Grid Ref: 356652 734505
Constituency: Dundee East
Local Authority: Angus
NR Region: Scotland
ELR: ECN3 10m 35ch

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Top 5 jouneys from Carnoustie during 2022/2023:
•Dundee (26,781 journeys)
•Arbroath (5,558 journeys)
•Aberdeen (3,692 journeys)
•Edinburgh (3,005 journeys)
•Broughty Ferry (2,475 journeys)
Full reports can be created on our dedicataed ODM Pages.