Perth and Dunkeld Railway

[v · d · e]       Perth and Dunkeld Railway
Locale Scotland Dates of operation 7 April 1856 – 28 February 1864 Successor line Inverness and Perth Junction Railway Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Legend
Inverness and Perth Junction Railway Dunkeld and Birnam Rohallion Kingswood Crossing Murthly    Scottish Midland Junction Railway Stanley Junction    Scottish Midland Junction Railway

The Perth and Dunkeld Railway 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

• Inverness and Perth Junction Railway at Dunkeld and Birnam
• Scottish Midland Junction Railway at Stanley Junction

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

• Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063. 
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137. 
• RAILSCOT on Perth and Dunkeld Railway