Scottish Midland Junction Railway

[v · d · e]  Scottish Midland Junction Railway
Locale Scotland Dates of operation 31 July 1845 – 29 July 1856 Successor line Scottish North Eastern Railway Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Legend
Arbroath and Forfar Railway Forfar North Junction    Arbroath and Forfar Railway Forfar Forfar West Junction    Forfar and Brechin Railway Kirriemuir Junction Kirriemuir Glamis Eassie Meigle Junction to Newtyle    Alyth Railway Alyth Junction to Newtyle Ardler Coupar Angus Stormont Loch Halt Rosemount Blairgowrie Woodside and Burrelton Cargill Ballathie (Goods)    Perth and Dunkeld Railway Stanley Junction Stanley Bankfoot - - junction with Bankfoot Railway Strathord Luncarty    Perth, Almond Valley & Methven Railway Almond Valley Junction    Dundee and Perth Railway Perth    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.^[1]

Connections to other lines

• Dundee and Perth Railway at Perth
• Scottish Central Railway at Perth
• Perth, Almond Valley & Methven Railway at Almond Valley Junction
• Bankfoot Railway at Strathord
• Perth and Dunkeld Railway at Stanley Junction
• Alyth Railway at Alyth Junction
• Forfar and Brechin Railway at Forfar West Junction
• Arbroath and Forfar Railway (latterly the Aberdeen Railway) at Forfar North Junction

Current operations and closure

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.

The section north east of Stanley Junction was closed to passengers on 4 September 1967. A limited goods service continued between Perth and Forfar until 5 June 1982, after which the line was closed completely.

References

Notes

1. ^ Awdry (1990)

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. 
• RAILSCOT on Scottish Midland Junction Railway
• RAILSCOT on Bankfoot Railway
• RAILSCOT on Blairgowrie Branch of the Caledonian Railway
• RAILSCOT on Newtyle and Coupar Angus Railway
• RAILSCOT on Newtyle, Eassie and Glamiss Railway
• RAILSCOT on Kirriemuir Branch of the Caledonian Railway