Glenfarg Line (North British Railway)
Introduction
This line is closed and much of the route used by the M90. The line ran from Mawcarse Junction to Bridge of Earn via Glenfarg and was opened in connection with the Forth Bridge Railway.
Dates
| 05/01/1970 | Kelty to Cowdenbeath (North British Railway) Kinross-shire Railway Fife and Kinross Railway Glenfarg Line (North British Railway) Cowdenbeath (Cowdenbeath North Junction) to Perth (Hilton Junction) closed to passengers. Kinross Junction [2nd] station closed. Cowdenbeath to Milnathort singled. Bridge of Earn Junction (excluded) to Milnathort (excluded) closed to all traffic. |
| 06/10/1975 | Edinburgh and Northern Railway Hilton Junction to the former Bridge of Earn Junction to Ladybank re-opened for passengers (after closure of the Glenfarg Line (North British Railway)). |
Portions of line and locations
This line is divided into a number of portions.
Burleigh Deviation
Mawcarse to Bridge of Earn
Mark Bartlett 02/08/2021
See
Ewan Crawford //1996
Brian Forbes 01/01/2007
Brian Forbes 29/03/2008
This was a two platform station with the main station building on the northbound platform. The signal box was at the north end of the northbound platform. The Glenfarg route was opened to improve the North British Railway's approach to Perth after the opening of the Forth Bridge.
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David Spaven 12/06/2013
Brian Forbes 11/10/2008
David Spaven 12/06/2013
This is a disused double track tunnel north of Glenfarg Viaduct and south of Glenfarg North Tunnel. The tunnel is 517 yds long.
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Duncan Ross 05/07/2007
David Spaven 12/06/2013
This is a disused double track tunnel north of Glenfarg South Tunnel and south of Kilnockie Viaduct. The tunnel is 507 yds long.
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David Spaven 12/06/2013
There appears to have been a platform south of Balmanno Castle for either railway or castle use. A platform is depicted on the 1901 25 inch OS map. This is on the northbound line, south of the castle and crossed by a minor road bridge.
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This signal box was located south of Bridge of Earn [2nd] and north of Glenfarg. There was a crossover only. It was south of the village of Dron and west of Balmanno Castle.
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Ewan Crawford //1997
This two platform station was immediately west of the junction between the lines to Ladybank and Glenfarg. The junction was controlled by a signal box in the 'V' of the junction, aligned to the Glenfarg route (opened around 1890 for the new route, 1890, and station, 1892).
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See also
Strathearn Junction Railway (Edinburgh and Northern Railway)
Roger Geach 14/09/1990
Mark Bartlett 17/09/2021
Ewan Crawford //1990
