Perth railway station, Scotland

Perth
Location
Place	Perth
Local authority	Perth and Kinross
Coordinates	56.392°N 3.440°W / 56.392; -3.440
Operations
Station code	PTH
Managed by	First ScotRail
Number of platforms	7
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2002/03 *	0.551 million
2004/05 *	0.642 million
2005/06 *	0.695 million
2006/07 *	0.701 million
2007/08 *	0.763 million
2008/09 *	0.934 million
2009/10 *	0.996 million
History
Original company	Scottish Central Railway and Scottish Midland Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
22 May 1848	Opened as Perth General
1952	Renamed as Perth
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Perth from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Perth railway station is a railway station located in Perth, Scotland. The station, designed by Sir William Tite, won an architecture prize. It has seven platforms, five of which are "through" platforms.

There are two entrances, both of which allow car parking. The ticket office, newsagent and café are between Platforms 2 and 3. The original main concourse was between the current Platforms 4 and 7 and the station was covered by a large overall roof, which still exists in a reduced form. At one time there were nine platforms.

Services

Passenger services are operated by First ScotRail, and the station is staffed throughout its opening hours.

From Perth station, trains operate to: Edinburgh, via Fife; Glasgow, via Stirling; Inverness, via the Highland Main Line; and Aberdeen via Dundee.

The daily (overnight) Caledonian Sleeper service between Inverness and London and the daily East Coast Highland Chieftain service between Inverness and London Kings Cross call at this station.

Railway connections

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Gleneagles		East Coast East Coast Main Line		Pitlochry
				Dunkeld & Birnam Sundays only, southbound only
Gleneagles		First ScotRail Highland Line		Dunkeld & Birnam
Ladybank		First ScotRail Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line		Invergowrie
Gleneagles		First ScotRail Highland Caledonian Sleeper		Dunkeld & Birnam
	Historical railways
Terminus		Scottish Midland Junction Railway Caledonian Railway		Luncarty Line open; Station closed
Terminus		Perth, Almond Valley and Methven Railway Caledonian Railway		Ruthven Road Line partially open; Station closed
Terminus		Dundee and Perth Railway Caledonian Railway		Princes Street Line open; Station closed
Forgandenny Line open; Station closed		Scottish Central Railway Caledonian Railway		Terminus
Bridge of Earn Line open; Station closed		Edinburgh and Northern Railway North British Railway		Terminus

References

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.