Alyth Junction railway station

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.

Alyth Junction
Alyth Junction station site (1997)
Location	Meigle, Angus Scotland
Coordinates	56.57347°N 3.15067°W
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Dundee, Perth and Aberdeen Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 August 1861	Station opened as Meigle[1]
1 November 1876	Renamed as Alyth Junction[1][2]
4 September 1967	Station closed[2]

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. Butt (1995), page 157
2. 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".