ScotRail has announced that it is adding extra carriages and services to help golf fans from around the world attend The Open Championship at Carnoustie.
Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy amongst others will be attending, and it is expected thousands of spectators will be heading for the Angus town.
Carnoustie Links is little more than a five-minute walk from Carnoustie station, making it the ideal option to get to the course.
Train services will be much busier than usual. A queueing system will be in place at Carnoustie station and at key stations across Scotland if needed.
Below are the changes that will benefit people getting to the golf.
From Wednesday, 18 July:
- Extra carriages will be added to trains calling at Carnoustie.
From Thursday, 19 July:
- All ScotRail services passing through Carnoustie will call there throughout the day.
- There will be additional services to Carnoustie. These are below:
Thursday, 19 July
- 05:10 from Aberdeen (to Carnoustie)
- 05:20 from Dundee (to Carnoustie)
- 05:30 from Perth (to Carnoustie)
- 05:42 from Edinburgh (to Carnoustie)
- 06:03 from Edinburgh (to Carnoustie)
- 06:25 from Edinburgh (to Carnoustie)
- 06:34 from Edinburgh (to Carnoustie)
- 07:48 from Edinburgh (to Carnoustie)
- 10:16 from Aberdeen (to Dundee)
- 11:15 from Dundee (to Carnoustie)
- 16:08 from Carnoustie to Edinburgh
- 16:50 from Carnoustie to Edinburgh
- 17:54 from Carnoustie to Edinburgh
- 19:06 from Carnoustie to Edinburgh
- 19:50 from Carnoustie to Edinburgh
Friday, 20 July
- 05:10 from Aberdeen (to Carnoustie)
- 05:20 from Dundee (to Carnoustie)
- 05:30 from Perth (to Carnoustie)
- 05:42 from Edinburgh (to Carnoustie)
- 06:03 from Edinburgh (to Carnoustie)
- 06:25 from Edinburgh (to Carnoustie)
- 06:34 from Edinburgh (to Carnoustie)
- 07:48 from Edinburgh (to Carnoustie)
- 10:16 from Aberdeen (to Dundee)
- 11:15 from Dundee (to Carnoustie)
- 16:08 from Carnoustie to Edinburgh
- 16:50 from Carnoustie to Edinburgh
- 17:54 from Carnoustie to Edinburgh
- 18:00 from Dundee (to Edinburgh)
- 19:06 from Carnoustie to Edinburgh
- 19:50 from Carnoustie to Edinburgh
Saturday, 21 July
- 05:43 from Edinburgh (to Carnoustie)
- 06:10 from Edinburgh (to Carnoustie)
- 06:25 from Edinburgh (to Carnoustie)
- 06:34 from Edinburgh (to Carnoustie)
- 07:48 from Edinburgh (to Carnoustie)
- 10:16 from Aberdeen (to Dundee)
- 11:15 from Dundee (to Carnoustie)
- 16:08 from Carnoustie to Edinburgh
- 16:50 from Carnoustie to Edinburgh
- 17:54 from Carnoustie to Edinburgh
- 19:02 from Carnoustie to Edinburgh
- 19:50 from Carnoustie to Edinburgh
Sunday, 22 July
- 06:00 from Edinburgh (to Carnoustie)
- 06:24 from Edinburgh (to Carnoustie)
- 06:42 from Edinburgh (to Carnoustie)
- 06:50 from Aberdeen (to Dundee)
- 07:00 from Edinburgh (to Carnoustie)
- 07:20 from Edinburgh (to Carnoustie)
- 07:30 from Aberdeen (to Dundee)
- 07:34 from Perth (to Carnoustie)
- 07:39 from Edinburgh (to Carnoustie)
- 08:16 from Arbroath (to Dundee)
- 08:17 from Aberdeen (to Dundee)
- 08:20 from Edinburgh (to Carnoustie)
- 08:42 from Arbroath (to Dundee)
- 08:42 from Edinburgh (to Carnoustie)
- 09:31 from Perth (to Carnoustie)
- 09:45 from Edinburgh (to Carnoustie)
- 10:10 from Edinburgh (to Carnoustie)
- 10:32 from Edinburgh (to Carnoustie)
- 11:10 from Edinburgh (to Carnoustie)
- 11:45 from Carnoustie to Edinburgh
- 12:03 from Edinburgh (to Carnoustie)
- 12:16 from Carnoustie to Edinburgh
- 13:10 from Edinburgh (to Carnoustie)
- 14:05 from Edinburgh (to Carnoustie)
- 14:12 from Carnoustie to Edinburgh
- 15:50 from Carnoustie to Edinburgh
- 16:50 from Carnoustie to Edinburgh
- 17:48 from Carnoustie to Edinburgh
- 18:22 from Carnoustie to Edinburgh
- 18:38 from Carnoustie to Edinburgh
- 19:15 from Carnoustie to Edinburgh
- 19:33 from Carnoustie to Edinburgh
- 19:58 from Carnoustie to Edinburgh
- 20:24 from Carnoustie to Edinburgh
What did the officials say?
Graham Heald, ScotRail Alliance Head of Customer Experience, said:
“I'm delighted to see The Open return to the fantastic Carnoustie Links, and ScotRail is excited to be part of such a global event. With a spectacle like this on our doorstep, services will be very busy.
“To help things go smoothly, we're adding extra stops at Carnoustie and more carriages on many of our trains.
“We're also asking all customers using Carnoustie station to take a few moments to buy tickets and plan their journeys in advance, as this will make their journey easier on the day.”
Johnnie Cole-Hamilton, Executive Director – Championships at The R&A, said:
“We are looking forward to a wonderful week of outstanding golf at The 147th Open at Carnoustie as the world's best golfers compete for the famous Claret Jug.
“The course is easily accessible by rail from Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, and Aberdeen, with the station only a few minutes' walk away from the entrance.
“Many thousands of fans will travel by train and we will be working hard to ensure they have a memorable and hugely enjoyable time at golf's original championship.”
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