Dundee and Newtyle Railway

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The original Dundee station on Ward road

The Dundee and Newtyle Railway opened in 1832 and was the first railway in the north of Scotland. The railway was built to transfer goods from Strathmore to the port of Dundee and was chartered with an act of parliament that received royal assent in May 26, 1826 and opened in 1831.^[1] The railway originally ran between Dundee and Newtyle.

The line was originally 10½ miles long with a 4ft 6in gauge. Construction costs were obtained from a capital of £140,000 in shares and £30,000 in loans. In 1846, the railway was leased in perpetuity to the Dundee and Perth Company.^[2]

The route included three rope worked inclined planes which consisted of stationary steam engines to pull the trains uphill. There was also a tunnel required to take the line through Dundee Law.^[1]

The Dundee station was originally situated on Ward road but was later extended to the harbour in 1842 and was also extended to Lochee.^[2] The original station at Newtyle still exists although the location of the original Dundee station is now occupied by a BT call centre.

[edit] Further reading

Ferguson, Dr N [October 1995]. Dundee and Newtyle Railway Including the Alyth and Blairgowrie Branches (Oakwood Library of Railway History) (Hardcover) (in English), The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-476-8.

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b Dundee and Newtyle Railway. RailScot. Retrieved on June 8, 2006.
^ ^a ^b Francis H. Groome (1892-1896). "Dundee and Newtyle Railway". Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland 2: 426.