[7] As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the conductor on the train.

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-used station in the United Kingdom, tied with Gainsborough Central.

In the 2016/17 statistics, Barry Links again became the least used station in Britain, receiving only 24 entries and exits.

[9] This then meant passengers were to buy the cheapest season ticket available between Golf Street and Barry Links, in order to take advantage of this promotion.

As of June 2024, there is a total of three trains per day: southbound, there is an 06:18 to Dundee and an 07:54 to Glasgow Queen Street, whilst northbound there is solely an 18:11 to Arbroath.