Dundee and Perth Railway

The Dundee and Perth Railway was a Scottish railway company. It opened its line in 1847 from Dundee to a temporary station at Barnhill and extended to Perth station in 1849. It hoped to link with other railways to reach Aberdeen and changed its name to the Dundee and Perth and Aberdeen Railway Junction Company, but this early attempt was frustrated, and for some years it failed to make a physical connection with other railways in Dundee.

Dundee and Perth Railway
Overview
LocaleScotland
Dates of operation31 July 184531 July 1863
SuccessorScottish Central Railway
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm)
Dundee and Perth Railway
(NBR)
Dundee Tay Bridge
Dundee West
Buckingham Junction
Tay Bridge
North British Railway
Magdalen Green
Ninewells
Ninewells Junction
Invergowrie
Longforgan
Inchture
Inchture Village
Errol
Glencarse
Kinfauns
Barnhill
River Tay
Perth Princes Street
Scottish Midland Jn Rly
Perth
Moncrieffe Tunnel
Hilton Junction
Scottish Central Railway

It was taken over by the larger Scottish Central Railway in 1863.

Most of its main line is still in use today as the Perth to Dundee section of the railway network.

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