Perth and Dunkeld Railway

Perth and Dunkeld Railway
Overview
Locale	Scotland
History
Opened	7 April 1856
Successor line	Inverness and Perth Junction Railway
Closed	28 February 1864
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Route map Inverness and Perth Junction Railway Dunkeld & Birnam Rohallion Kingswood Crossing Murthly Scottish Midland Junction Railway Stanley Junction Scottish Midland Junction Railway

The Perth and Dunkeld Railway was a Scottish railway. It was built from Stanley Junction on the Scottish Midland Junction Railway to Birnam, on the opposite bank of the River Tay to Dunkeld.

History

With the Act of Parliament was passed on 10 July 1854, with the line being opened on 7 April 1856. Initially operated by the Scottish Midland Junction Railway, and latterly the Scottish North Eastern Railway, the Perth and Dunkeld did not become part of the Caledonian Railway, rather was absorbed by the Inverness and Perth Junction Railway on 28 February 1864, and subsequently became part of the Highland Railway on 1 February 1865. The line became part of the LMS in 1923.

Connections to other lines

• Inverness and Perth Junction Railway at Dunkeld & Birnam
• Scottish Midland Junction Railway at Stanley Junction

Additionally at Murthly, a tramway connected the station with the nearby Perth District Asylum

Current operations

The line is still open as part of the Highland Main Line between Stanley Junction and Dunkeld & Birnam, with only the latter station remaining open.

References

• Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063. CN 8983.
• 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 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
• RAILSCOT on Perth and Dunkeld Railway