Kirriemuir Branch (Scottish Midland Junction Railway)

Introduction

This line is closed. It was a single track 3 mile railway which served Kirriemuir and an agricultural area with an otherwise low population. It ran out from Kirriemuir Junction on the Strathmore Main Line. The branch was approached from Forfar [2nd], to the east.





Locations along the line

These locations are along the line.

This was a station, exchange platform and junction. A very low platform stood in the 'V' of the junction with a building, probably a railway employee's house. The platform had one face on the main line and another on the branch. A second short platform was on the southbound main line, it was out of alignment with the main platform being further east. The junction dates from 1855 with the opening ...

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Scottish Midland Junction Railway
Looking out of the window of the platelayer's hut at Kirriemuir Junction the former 'V' shaped platform can be seen. The view is to the north. ...
Ewan Crawford 14/03/2023
Kirriemuir Junction in a view looking east towards Forfar. The Kirriemuir branch comes in from bottom left. The Loch of Forfar is top right. A ...
Ewan Crawford 14/03/2023
Black 5 4-6-0 no 45158 Glasgow Yeomanry passing Kirriemuir Junction with an up summer Saturday special on 15 August 1953. View is south east ...
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 15/08/1953
Not much left of the old railway except this piece of evidence ...
Colin Harkins 31/08/2006
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This siding served a loading bank. It was approached from the north (the line ran uphill from Kirriemuir Junction) and was on the west side of the line.
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Ballindarg Siding served a number of nearby farms. The loading bank and a hut survive. This view looks towards Kirriemuir Junction. The siding was ...
Ewan Crawford 14/03/2023
Looking South under road bridge.... to the north of this nature has mostly obscured the the <BR/>old line ...
Colin Harkins 31/08/2006
This single lined bridge remains in perfect condition... notice the smoke markings on the ceiling ...
Colin Harkins 31/08/2006
Notice of Right of Way on the former Kirriemuir Branch. ...
Colin Harkins 31/08/2006
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There were two sidings serving a loading bank at Balmuckety. The sidings were in the east side of the line south of a level crossing where the line crossed the A926. Approach was from the south. A crossing keeper's cottage was at the buffer end of the main siding, just south of the level crossing. The crossing was protected by signals (no box).
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View over Balmuckety level crossing looking south to Kirriemuir Junction. There was a loading bank and crossing keeper's cottage here (both demolished ...
Ewan Crawford 14/03/2023
Having climbed in a near straight line from the junction over open farmland beyond Balmuckety the Kirriemuir branch followed the twisting valley of ...
Ewan Crawford 14/03/2023
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This was a terminus built at Wellbank in the east of Kirriemuir, opened in 1855. Latterly it had a main platform, on the north side of the line, with a loop and a short bay on the north side. Sidings were on either side of the line and there was a locomotive shed at the east end Kirriemuir Shed.
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For the last mile or so into Kirriemuir the branch twisted alongside the Gairie Burn to enter the village from the east. This view is towards the ...
Ewan Crawford 14/03/2023
Looking to the buffers at the site of Kirriemuir station. The platform and station building were to the right. A loading bank remains nearby. ...
Ewan Crawford 12/07/2009
Not much is left as you exit the station other than a single man path ...
Colin Harkins 31/08/2006
Paved over trackbed and grassed goods loading bank of Kirriemuir Station ... now landscaped as part of local housing path. Not much else remains. The ...
Colin Harkins 31/08/2006
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