Ardler Junction
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Ardler Junction (1861-1952)Opened on the Newtyle and Coupar Angus Railway.
Opened on the Scottish Midland Junction Railway.
Description
This was the junction between the Strathmore mainline Perth - Forfar [2nd] - Kinnaber Junction and the curve from the Dundee and Newtyle Railway. This allowed through running from Dundee West to Coupar Angus and Blairgowrie.
The curve was originally part of the Newtyle and Coupar Angus Railway. The Newtyle and Coupar Angus Railway was closed in 1847 for reconstruction as a standard gauge double track main line railway as part of the Scottish Midland Junction Railway. The curve from Ardler Junction to Nethermill was not converted, the former Newtyle and Glammis Railway being used instead.
With the opening of the Alyth Railway the Glamis curve was closed and the Ardler Junction curve re-opened. Trains for the east and Alyth reversed at Ardler station.
The junction was double, although the Newtyle route rapidly dropped to a single track just east of the junction. The box was on the south side of the junction. It was rebuilt in 1913 after a fire - the new box was further east in the 'V' of the junction.
There was a serious crash at Ardler Junction in 1948 between a southbound postal on the mainline and a Dundee West to Blairgowrie local.
The junction closed in 1952. The formation still exists, in use as farm tracks. A lineside building still stands on the south side of the former junction.
Tags
Junction
| Nearby stations Washington [N and CAR] Alyth Junction Ardler Newtyle [2nd] Newtyle [1st] Meigle [2nd] Meigle [3rd] Meigle Upper Junction Kirkinch Jordanstone Coupar Angus Pitcrocknie Platform Leason Hill Alyth Auchterhouse [1st] | Nethermill Junction Newtyle Incline Newtyle Junction Newtyle Junction Turntable Newtyle Mill Meigle Burn Bridge Hatton Incline Tourist/other Camno Crossing Kinpurnie Castle Belmont Castle Kinloch House Ardler West Level Crossing Meigle Sculptured Stone Museum Meigle House Hatton Castle |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1846 | Newtyle and Coupar Angus RailwayScottish Midland Junction Railway Line sold to the Scottish Midland Junction Railway. It was then closed and upgraded to standard gauge and two tracks between Coupar Angus and Ardler Junction. (Alternative date: 1845). |
| 02/08/1848 | Newtyle and Glammis Railway New station Meigle Upper Junction opened. Curve from Nethermill Junction to Glammis line opens to an interchange station at Meigle, but former curve from Nethermill Junction to Ardler Junction does not re-open. |
| /09/1861 | Newtyle and Glammis Railway Portion of 73 chains closed north from Nethermill Junction to Meigle Upper Junction. New curve built from Nethermill Junction to Ardler Junction on more gentle curve than earlier Coupar Angus fork. The new curve was now the connection between the Dundee and Newtyle Railway and Strathmore main line. |
| 29/09/1941 | Newtyle 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]. |
| 17/07/1948 | Newtyle and Coupar Angus Railway Scottish Midland Junction Railway Crash at Ardler Junction. The 4.20pm Dundee West to Blairgowrie service via Newtyle [2nd] passes the home signal at the junction and is struck by the southbound 3.30pm ex-Aberdeen postal express train resulting in the death of 2 people. |
| 15/01/1951 | Dundee and Newtyle Railway Dundee and Newtyle Deviations (Dundee and Perth Railway) Alyth Railway Dundee West to Alyth passenger train withdrawn. Alyth Junction to Newtyle [2nd] essentially closed to passengers until 1952 when Ardler Junction to Newtyle [2nd] is closed and Dundee West to Blairgowrie trains diverted via Alyth Junction. |
| 27/04/1952 | Newtyle and Coupar Angus Railway Scottish Midland Junction Railway Ardler Junction taken out and trailing crossover removed. Line between Ardler Junction (excluded) and Newtyle [2nd] (excluded) officially closed 04/04/1953 and Ardler Junction box closed. Alyth Junction to Newtyle Junction re-opens to passengers. |
| 04/09/1967 | Newtyle and Coupar Angus Railway Coupar Angus to Ardler Junction closed to passengers. |
