Perth - Crieff Railway
Railway (19th Century)
Site Name Perth - Crieff Railway
Classification Railway (19th Century)
Canmore ID 88161
Site Number NO02SE 85
NGR NO 0500 2456
NGR Description From NO 0500 2456 to NO 0646 2499
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/88161
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Tibbermore
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NO02SE 85 0500 2456 to 0646 2499
Dismantled Railway [NAT] (at NO 058 246)
OS 1:10000 map, 1985
The line from Perth (Almond Valley Junction) to Crieff was opened 1 January 1858 by the Perth, Almond Valley and Methcven Rly and 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.
The line of this dismantled railway can be traced from Pow Bridge Cottages (NO 0502 2453), from where it runs E along a well-defined, but in parts heavily overgrown, cutting to about NO 0564 2454. From here to the edge of the map sheet (NO 0646 2499) the line takes the form of an embankment which follows the S side of the Pow Burn. At NO 0578 2461 the embankment is constructed of earth with hard rock ballast on the surface; it is 6m wide and stands about 2m high above the gravel terrace.
Visited by RCAHMS (RJCM, JRS), 7 November 1995.
