Alyth Junction railway station

Alyth Junction
Location
Place Meigle
Area Angus
Coordinates 56°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
Operations
Original company Dundee, Perth and Aberdeen Junction Railway
Pre-grouping Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
History
1 August 1861 Station opened as Meigle[1]
1 November 1876 Renamed as Alyth Junction[1][2]
4 September 1967 Station closed[2]
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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.

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. 1 2 Butt (1995), page 157
  2. 1 2 Butt (1995), page 16

Sources

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