Methven Junction Station
Railway Station (19th Century)
Site Name Methven Junction Station
Classification Railway Station (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Crieff Branch Railway
Canmore ID 87781
Site Number NO02SW 37
NGR NO 0280 2436
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/87781
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Methven
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NO02SW 37 0280 2436
See also NO02SW 87 and NO02SW 91.
The Perth to Crieff railway was opened on 1 January 1858 by the Perth, Almond Valley and Methven Railway Company and was closed to regular passenger traffic 27 September 1937 and to goods traffic 25 January 1965.
G Daniels and L Dench 1980; J Thomas and D Turnock 1989.
This station is identifiable as an overgrown area in an arable field; within the undergrowth and vegetation there are the remains of the platforms and demolished buildings. The cinders between the platform-faces have been dug out and most of the platform-edge slabs removed, leaving the retaining pins standing proud. At least one (branch) platform-face can be identified on the NE side, while on the S there are the identifiable remains of two E-W platforms on the double-track main line and the single platform-face serving the branch.
On the date of visit, the Methven branch line (NO02SW 91) could be identified (coming in from the WNW) as a low rise in an arable field from a surviving embankment at NO 0255 2453. The main line (NO02SW 87) could not be identified to the W, but was distinguishable under low sun as a low swelling in young barley to the E, before reappearing in rough ground at NO 0330 2427.
Visited by RCAHMS (RJCM, JRS), 7 November 1995.
