Perth and Dunkeld Railway

     Perth and Dunkeld Railway

Locale Scotland
Dates of operation 7 April 1856 28 February 1864
Successor Inverness and Perth Junction Railway
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in)
Legend
Up arrow Inverness and Perth Junction Railway
Dunkeld and Birnam
Rohallion
Kingswood Crossing
Murthly
Up arrow Scottish Midland Junction Railway

Stanley Junction
Down arrow Scottish Midland Junction Railway

The Perth and Dunkeld Railway was a Scottish railway. It was built from Stanley Junction on the Scottish Midland Junction Railway to Birnam, on the opposite bank of the River Tay to Dunkeld.

History

With the Act of Parliament was passed on 10 July 1854, with the line being opened on 7 April 1856. Initially operated by the Scottish Midland Junction Railway, and latterly the Scottish North Eastern Railway, the Perth and Dunkeld did not become part of the Caledonian Railway, rather was absorbed by the Inverness and Perth Junction Railway on 28 February 1864, and subsequently became part of the Highland Railway on 1 February 1865. The line became part of the LMS in 1923.

Connections to other lines

Additionally at Murthly, a tramway connect the station with the nearby Perth District Asylum[1]

Current operations

The line is still open as part of the Highland Main Line between Stanley Junction and Dunkeld and Birnam, with only the latter station remaining open.

References

  1. "Murthly Hospital". Canmore. Retrieved 8 November 2016.


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