Inverness and Perth Junction Railway

The Inverness and Perth Junction Railway (I&PJR) was a railway company that built a line providing a more direct route between Inverness and the south for passengers and goods. Up to the time of its opening, the only route was a circuitous way through Aberdeen. The I&PJR was built from a junction with the friendly Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway at Forres to the Perth and Dunkeld Railway at Dunkeld.

Inverness and Perth Junction Railway
A stretch of the former trackbed near Muir of Logie, Aberdeenshire
Overview
LocaleScotland
Dates of operation1 June 18631 February 1865
SuccessorHighland Railway
Technical
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Route map

Forres
(triangular station)
Rafford
Dunphail
Dava
Castle Grant Platform
Strathspey Railway (GNoSR)
Grantown-on-Spey (West)
Grantown-on-Spey (East)
(SR - GNoSR)
Ballifurth Farm Halt
(SR - GNoSR)
Nethy Bridge
(SR - GNoSR)
Broomhill
Boat of Garten Junction
Boat of Garten
Aviemore (Speyside)
Aviemore
Kincraig
Kingussie
Newtonmore
Dalwhinnie
Druimuachdar Summit
Dalnaspidal
Struan
Black Island Platform
Blair Atholl
Killiecrankie
Pitlochry
Aberfeldy
Grandtully
Balnaguard Halt
Aberfeldy Junction
Ballinluig
Guay
Dalguise
Dunkeld & Birnam
Perth & Dunkeld Railway

It opened for traffic in 1863. The northern part of its route crossed wild and sparsely populated terrain, and the high summits on the line were challenging for the locomotives of the day. In 1865 the Company merged with the Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway, together forming the Highland Railway.

A short branch to Aberfeldy was built by the company 1865, and this closed in 1965.

Towards the end of the century the Highland Railway came under political pressure from competing railway proposals, and agreed to build a shorter route between Inverness and Aviemore, connecting back to the original line there. This opened in 1898. The original route from Forres to Aviemore closed in 1965, but the direct line from Inverness to Perth continues in operation as the Highland Main Line.

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