Auchterhouse [2nd]
Location type
StationName and dates
Auchterhouse [2nd] (1860-1955)Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.
Opened on the Dundee and Newtyle Deviations (Dundee and Perth Railway).Description
This was a two platform station with a passing loop on a single track line. The main station building was at the west end of the westbound platform and there was a signal box (1892) midway along the eastbound.
There was a goods yard south of the station, approached from the east.
The station replaced Auchterhouse [1st] which was immediately to its north. The station required replacement as the old station was bypassed by a new alignment which avoided the Balbeuchly Incline in 1860.
The station closed to passengers in 1955. The goods yard was a terminus, from Dundee, from 1958 as the line north was closed. The yard, box and line closed in 1965.
The site remained vacant and was used for tipping for many years after closure. It is now a house. The nearby road bridge over the west end of the station remains intact.
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StationExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
07/05/2020
| Nearby stations Auchterhouse [1st] Dronley Balbeuchly Top Balbeuchly Foot Newtyle [1st] Baldragon Newtyle [2nd] Liff Alyth Junction Alyth Junction [Bay platform] Baldovan and Downfield Alyth Junction [Branch platform] Meigle Upper Kirkinch Lochee West | Eastfield Road Bridge Boniton Siding Pitpointe Siding Balbeuchly Engine Pitnappie Quarry Pitnappie Siding Balbeuchly Incline Pitnappie Junction Leoch Quarry Fallaws Quarry Rosemill Quarry Rosemill Loop Auchrie Quarry Siding Auchrie Quarry Tourist/other Balbeuchley House |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
