Newtyle and Glammiss Railway

Introduction

This early railway is closed. The company provided a service between Newtyle [1st] and Glammis [1st] (the Market Muir of Glammiss). The company used the older spelling of Glammiss for Glamis. The name for the company, in the Act of Parliament, is given in section II of the act as 'Newtyle and Glammiss Railway' and was also known as the Newtyle, Eassie and Glammiss Railway.

It was a 4 ft 6.5 in line.

The railway became part of the Scottish Midland Junction Railway and the line upgraded and re-gauged. With this, it became an important part of the West Coast railways route from London to Aberdeen, a section of the Strathmore main line.






Dates

29/09/1941Newtyle and Coupar Angus Railway
Newtyle and Glammiss Railway
Dundee and Newtyle Deviations (Dundee and Perth Railway)
Separation of the Ardler Junction and Alyth Junction routes moved from Newtyle Junction to the north end of Newtyle [2nd], junction and station both remodelled. Newtyle Junction signal box closed and replaced by a ground frame off the Alyth Junction line for access to the goods yard at Newtyle [1st].

Locations along the line

These locations are along the line.

This was the northern terminus of the Dundee and Newtyle Railway. The terminus building still stands. It is one of the oldest stations in Britain and probably the oldest trainshed in existence.
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Dundee and Newtyle Railway
Newtyle and Coupar Angus Railway
View north close to the bottom end of the Hatton Incline looking to the Dundee and Newtyle's terminus. The line ran to the right hand side of the ...
Ewan Crawford 03/03/2023
The east side of the old Newtyle station trainshed, later goods shed, seen in 2023, surrounded by rubble and fenced off. After having spent some time ...
Ewan Crawford 03/03/2023
The trainshed of the original Newtyle station as seen in June 2021. ...
John Yellowlees 05/06/2021
The trainshed of the original Newtyle station, viewed from the south, the direction of the original line approaching from Dundee Wards Road. The ...
Colin Martin 24/06/2017
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This junction was north of Newtyle. It was where the northern end of an 1868 deviation through Newtyle [2nd] to avoid the 1831 Hatton Incline met the earlier alignments. Between 1868 and 1881 it was where the western arm, a slightly realigned curve to Ardler Junction for Coupar Angus and Blairgowrie, separated from the eastern arm, a wholly new line to Alyth Junction for ...

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Dundee and Newtyle Deviations (Dundee and Perth Railway)
Newtyle and Coupar Angus Railway
Newtyle Junction, looking south. The old station is in the village, towards the top left, with the Hatton Incline running uphill to the top left. The ...
Ewan Crawford 03/03/2023
This was the site of Newtyle Junction in 1996 where, amazingly, ballast was still in place. The line running north from the original Newtyle station ...
Ewan Crawford //1996
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This junction was north of Newtyle [1st]. South from the junction the line was joint Newtyle and Glammis Railway and Newtyle and Coupar Angus Railway, the owners of the routes east and west respectively from the junction.
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Newtyle and Coupar Angus Railway
Out of use since 1868, this is the curved embankment from Nethermill Junction to Meigle Upper Junction, looking north, in 2023. ...
Ewan Crawford 03/03/2023
View north at Nethermill Junction in 1996. The newer alignments are on the left. The line to Ardler Junction was on top of the wall at the far left ...
Ewan Crawford //1996
Nethermill Junction, looking north. The purple trees from bottom centre to top left follow the course of the Newtyle Junction to Ardler Junction and ...
Ewan Crawford 03/03/2023
Looking to Newtyle where the lines to Ardler Junction (right) and Alyth Junction divided. Safety fences have recently been erected. ...
Ewan Crawford 02/05/2023
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This was an interchange station opened in 1848 on the earlier course of the Newtyle and Glammis Railway. It was without road access and was formed between the main line of the Scottish Midland Junction Railway and the old curve which ran uphill to Newtyle [1st]. Initially the curve was a different gauge and there was no physical connection, being operated by the [[Dundee and Perth ...

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Scottish Midland Junction Railway
The site of Meigle Upper Junction looking east towards Forfar. The platforms were in the foreground and exchange sidings further away. ...
Ewan Crawford 03/03/2023
Surviving telegraph poles on the south side of the line in a view looking east at the former Meigle Upper Junction station on the Strathmore main line ...
Ewan Crawford 03/03/2023
This is the site of a long gone station on the Strathmore main line in a view looking east. Meigle Upper Junction was an interchange station, about ...
Ewan Crawford 03/03/2023
There are three railways in this view. The crop marks, top left to bottom centre, shows the ploughed out route of the Newtyle and Glammiss Railway. ...
Ewan Crawford 03/03/2023
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This was a station on the Newtyle and Glammis Railway just north of the village of Kirkinch. The station closed with the re-gauging of the line when it became part of the Scottish Midland Junction Railway main line from Perth to Forfar [2nd].
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View east at the former Kirkinch Level Crossing at it looks today. See image 64980 for a 1970s equivalent view. ...
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East view of former level crossing at Kirkinch. ...
Brian Forbes 29/07/2007
Crossing Cottage beside the main Strathmore Line at Kirkinch in 2007. ...
Brian Forbes 29/07/2007
View from a Class 50 hauled Forfar goods at Kirkinch level crossing, between Eassie and Alyth Junction in the early 1970s. Photograph taken on the ...
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A manure siding between Kirkinch and Eassie stations. The original siding was alongside the railway with a loading bank and a second, curving, siding was added to the north. The siding made a trailing connection with the eastbound line.
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Drumkilbo Siding looking east towards Eassie. The mound of the loading bank is beyond the ruined lineside hut. This was a manure depot. ...
Ewan Crawford 21/03/2023
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This station was located between Newmill and Ingliston farms, to the west of Eassie station. It closed with the re-gauging of the line as part of the Scottish Midland Junction Railway.
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This was the Strathmore main line. This part of the line and short lived Leason Hill station here were originally built by the Newtyle and Glammiss ...
Ewan Crawford 21/03/2023
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Eassie passenger station was west of a level crossing and was notable for its granary building in the goods yard to the east. It was a two platform station. The main station building, timber, was on the southbound platform with another timber building, a later addition, on the northbound platform by the level crossing. The platforms were linked by a wooden footbridge. It was originally opened in ...

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View of Eassie granary in a view looking west in 2023. In addition to the building loading banks remain in the former goods yard. ...
Ewan Crawford 21/03/2023
View east at Eassie showing the granary in 1996. The view is to Forfar from the site of the through lines. The passenger station was behind the ...
Ewan Crawford //1996
Passing Eassie goods yard on the Strathspey Railway Association's 'Strathmore Express', bound for Forfar on 25 May 1974. The view looks back (to the ...
Bill Roberton 25/05/1974
This signal stands on the former up line east/north of Eassie. It dates from 1967 after Strathmore line was relegated to become a single track freight ...
Ewan Crawford 21/03/2023
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This level crossing was just to the east of Eassie station, actually closer to the village and church than the station.
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Here is the level crossing at Eassie on the Strathmore route, a crossing gate post and fencing remain. The view looks east. The station was west of ...
Alan Cormack 06/04/2017
Here is the level crossing at Eassie on the Strathmore route, a crossing gate post and fencing remain, the Green house (the former gate keeper's ...
Alan Cormack 06/04/2017
Just to the east of the crossing in Eassie, there is a cabin with the door long gone. Gary Straiton comments: It's a Fogmans hut. Positioned at ...
Alan Cormack 06/04/2017
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This was the terminus of the Newtyle and Glammiss Railway at the site of the later Glammis [2nd] station of the Scottish Midland Junction Railway. A connecting coach ran north to Kirriemuir and east to Forfar.
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Railway cottages at Glamis, probably dating from the Scottish Midland Junction Railway rather than the earlier Newtyle and Glammis Railway. The closed ...
Ewan Crawford //1996
These were the goods banks at the former Glamis station, possibly on the site of the original Glammis station. In this 1996 view, the remains of the ...
Ewan Crawford //1996
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