Dundee and Perth Railway

[v · d · e]  Dundee and Perth Railway
Locale Scotland Dates of operation 31 July 1845 – 31 July 1863 Successor line Scottish Central Railway Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Legend
Dundee and Arbroath Railway Dundee Tay Bridge (NBR) Dundee West Buckingham Junction The Tay Bridge (North British Railway) Magdalen Green Ninewells Ninewells Junction Dundee and Newtyle Railway Invergowrie Longforgan Inchture Inchture Village Errol Glencarse Inchcoonans Kinfauns Barnhill River Tay Princes Street Scottish Midland Junction Railway Perth Moncrieffe Tunnel Hilton Junction Edinburgh and Northern Railway Scottish Central Railway

The Dundee and Perth Railway is a historic railway in Scotland. It was authorised by an Act of Parliament in 1845.

History

Following incorproration on 31 July 1845, the line was opened on 22 May 1847.^[1] In 1846 it leased the Dundee and Newtyle Railway, and following the lease of the Dundee and Arbroath Railway in 1848 changed its name to Dundee and Perth and Aberdeen Railway Junction Company.^[1]

The company was vested into the Scottish Central Railway on 31 July 1863, being dissolved and becoming part of the Caledonian Railway in April 1881.^[1]

Connections to other lines

The Inchture Railway Bus service operated a service from its junction at Inchture Station northwards, along a one and a half mile stretch to the village of Inchture. Although operated by the Caledonian Railway, this was not a railway in the true sense, but a horse-drawn tramcar on rails. It began service in 1848 and during its peak, ran six return journeys on weekdays, before it eventually closed on 1 January 1917. ^[2] The building which used to house the tramcar still exists today in the form a of a private house, with the outlines of the former garage doors still clearly visible.

Current operations

Except for the spur into Dundee West station, the line is still open with services provided by First ScotRail. The only remaining intermediate station is at Invergowrie.

References

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c} Awdry (1990). Page 72.
2. ^ Angus Railway Group Steam Album Vol.3 Perthshire 1983.

Sources

• Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063. 
• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• 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 Dundee and Perth Railway