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Dalchonzie Halt railway station

Coordinates: 56°22′58″N 4°02′30″W / 56.3829°N 4.0418°W / 56.3829; -4.0418
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Dalchonzie Halt
General information
LocationPerth and Kinross
Coordinates56°22′58″N 4°02′30″W / 56.3829°N 4.0418°W / 56.3829; -4.0418
Platforms1
History
Original companyLochearnhead, St Fillans and Comrie Railway
Pre-groupingCaledonian Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 September 1903[1]Opened
1 October 1951Station closed[2]

Dalchonzie Halt railway station, Dalchonzie Platform railway station[3] or Dalchonzie Siding[4] in the Parish of Comrie, Perth and Kinross, Scotland was an intermediate stop on what became the Caledonian Railway's Crieff - Lochearnhead - Balquhidder branch line. It served the rural in the Strathearn area near Dunira, Dalchonzie House and Drumlochlan Wood from 1903 to 1951.[5]

History

The railways of Strathearn in 1904

Dalchonzie station in Strathearn was opened as Dalchonzie Platform in 1903. In 1905 the Lochearnhead, St Fillans and Comrie Railway opened a single-storey signal box built into a cottage.[5] By 1923 the Caledonian Railway had become part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. In 1912 it is recorded as a station on the Bartholomew Survey Atlas[6] and in 1927 the station is recorded as a halt.[7] During construction works the railway company were required to plant a large number of trees were to screen the railway in this attractive rural district.[8]

In 1903 three trains a day ran[1] however Dalchonzie was a request stop with passengers required to inform the guard at Comrie or St Fillans if they wished to alight.[4] In May 1948 trains still stopped at Dalchonzie only upon request and passengers waiting to be picked up had to give at least 5 minutes notice at the station. Heavy luggage and bicycles were not accepted.[9]

Infrastructure

The short single platformed wooden halt stood opposite the signal box at the entrance to a lane leading to Dalchonzie House with the Dunira estate entrance on the signal box side.[3][10] The signal box controlled the level crossing and the nameboards carried the name 'Dalchonzie Siding'.[11][full citation needed]

The site today

The track remained in situ after closure until 1959 to allow for the movement of construction materials for the Glen Lednock hydro-electric schemes . The signal box survives as part of the now private ex-railway cottage.[5] Work is underway to create a cycle and pedestrian route using the trackbed of the old railway route.[11][full citation needed]

Lochearnhead, St Fillans
and Comrie Railway
Comrie
Dalchonzie Halt
St Fillans
Lochearnhead
Balquhidder

Notes

  1. ^ a b Bernard Byrom, The Railways of Upper Strathearn, Oakwood Press, Usk, 2004, ISBN 0 85361 622 1
  2. ^ Butt 1995, p. 75.
  3. ^ a b RailScot - Dalchonzie Platform
  4. ^ a b RailScot - Dalchonzie Halt
  5. ^ a b c Canmore - Tayside, Dalchonzie, Station And Signal Box
  6. ^ Bartholomew Survey Atlas - 1912
  7. ^ Sheet 63 - Perth & Strath Earn Publication date: 1927
  8. ^ Lochearnhead, St Fillans and Comrie Railway
  9. ^ Timetable World - Scottish Region for May 1948.
  10. ^ Sheet 47 - Crieff Publication date: 1907
  11. ^ a b Maxtone 2005, p. 11.

References

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
St Fillans
Line and station closed
  Lochearnhead, St Fillans and Comrie Railway   Comrie
Line and station closed