Alyth Junction railway station

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Alyth Junction
Alyth Junction station site geograph-3231774-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg
Alyth Junction station site (1997)
LocationMeigle, Angus
Scotland
Coordinates56°34′24″N 3°09′02″W / 56.57347°N 3.15067°W / 56.57347; -3.15067Coordinates: 56°34′24″N 3°09′02″W / 56.57347°N 3.15067°W / 56.57347; -3.15067
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyDundee, Perth and Aberdeen Junction Railway
Pre-groupingCaledonian Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 August 1861Station opened as Meigle[1]
1 November 1876Renamed as Alyth Junction[1][2]
4 September 1967Station closed[2]

Alyth Junction railway station served the village of Meigle in the Scottish county of Perth and Kinross. The station was the junction where the Alyth Railway and the Dundee and Newtyle Railway diverged from the Scottish Midland Junction Railway running between Perth and Arbroath.

The station is in the Angus council area, just over the border from Meigle.

History[]

Opened by the Dundee, Perth and Aberdeen Junction Railway, and absorbed into the Caledonian Railway, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. Passing on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, it was then closed by the British Railways Board.

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Meigle Junction   Caledonian Railway
Scottish Midland Junction Railway
   Ardler
Terminus   Caledonian Railway
Dundee and Newtyle Railway
   Newtyle
Terminus   Caledonian Railway
Alyth Railway
   Meigle

The site today[]

Today some of the platforms remain and the site is waterlogged.

References[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b Butt (1995), page 157
  2. ^ a b Butt (1995), page 16

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 ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. 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 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
  • "RAILSCOT on Alyth Railway". Retrieved 4 November 2011.
  • "RAILSCOT on Scottish Midland Junction Railway".
  • "RAILSCOT on Dundee and Newtyle Railway".
  • "Alyth Junction railway station on navigable O.S. map".


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