Netherton, Railway Halt
Railway Halt (19th Century)
Site Name Netherton, Railway Halt
Classification Railway Halt (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Royal Curling Club Station; Carsebreck Loch; Caledonian Curling Society's Platform, Curling Pond Halt, Royal Curling Club Platform; Carsbreck
Canmore ID 112007
Site Number NN80NE 23
NGR NN 86942 09004
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/112007
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Ardoch
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NN80NE 23 86942 09004
See also NN80NE 24.
This halt was situated on the Stirling-Perth portion of the Scottish Central Railway (later incorporated into the Caledonian Railway). Its historical details are unclear, but it was successively named Caledonian Curling Society's Platform, Curling Pond Halt, Royal Curling Club Platform and Carsbreck before it closed to passenger traffic in about 1935.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 14 April 2000.
R V J Butt 1995.
The Royal Curling Club Station, a halt on the Scottish Central Railway (subsequently incorporated into the Caledonian Railway) is depicted as a single roofed building to the S of the track on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Perthshire 1866, sheet cxvii). The station served the Royal Caledonian Curling pond (NN80NE 24) on Carsebreck Loch. The halt is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1978).
Information from RCAHMS (PM) 10 September 1996
