Scottish Midland Junction Railway

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Scottish Midland Junction Railway
exLUECKE
- - Arbroath and Forfar Railway
exABZlf exSTRlg
Forfar North Junction
exSTR exLUECKE
- - Arbroath and Forfar Railway
exBHF
Forfar
exSTRrg exABZrf
Forfar West Junction
exLUECKE exSTR
- - Forfar and Brechin Railway
exSTRrg exABZrf
Kirriemuir Junction
exKBFe exSTR
Kirriemuir
exBHF
Glamis
exBHF
Eassie
exBHF
Meigle Junction
exABZlf exHSTR exHLUECKE
to Newtyle
exHLUECKE exABZlg
- - Alyth Railway
exBHF
Alyth Junction
exSTRrg exABZrf
exSTRlf exKRZu exABZ3rg exHLUECKE
to Newtyle
exABZrg exSTRrf
exBHF
Washington
exBHF
Ardler
exBHF
Coupar Angus
exSTRrg exABZrf
exBHF exSTR
Stormont Loch Halt
exBHF exSTR
Rosemount
exKBFe exSTR
Blairgowrie
exBHF
Woodside and Burrelton
exBHF
Cargill
exDST
Ballathie (Goods)
LUECKE exSTR
- - Perth and Dunkeld Railway
STRlf xABZlg
Stanley Junction
exKBFa STR
Bankfoot
exSTRlf eABZlg
- - junction with Bankfoot Railway
eBHF
Strathord
eBHF
Luncarty
exLUECKE STR
- - Perth, Almond Valley & Methven Railway
exSTRlf eABZlg
Almond Valley Junction
STR STRrg HLUECKE
- - Dundee and Perth Railway
CPICl CPICr
Perth
ABZrg STRrf
LUECKE
- - Scottish Central Railway

The Scottish Midland Junction Railway was authorised on 31 July 1845 to link Scottish Central Railway at Perth to the Aberdeen Railway at Forfar. It opened on 4 August 1848, having incorporated the Newtyle, Eassie and Glamiss Railway and Newtyle and Coupar Angus Railway between Coupar Angus and Glamis. The railway subsequently merged with the Aberdeen Railway on 29 July 1856 (which had absorbed the Arbroath and Forfar Railway in 1848) to form the Scottish North Eastern Railway prior to becoming absorbed by the Caledonian Railway in 1866.

Contents

[edit] Connections to other lines

[edit] Current operations

The only section of the line that remains open (in 2007) is between Perth and Stanley Junction as part of the Highland Main Line operated by First ScotRail.

[edit] References


[edit] Sources

  • 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, Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.