RAILSCOT | Balbeuchley Foot

Balbeuchley Foot

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Balbeuchley Foot (1831-1855)

Opened on the Dundee and Newtyle Railway.

Description

This was a halt at the lower end of the Balbeuchley Incline where trains stopped to have the rope attached for hauling up the incline. There was a 'station' here until around 1855, although trains would have continued to halt here until 1860 when the incline was bypassed.

Subsequently sidings remained here for Leoch Quarry and Fallaws Quarry.

The site is now landscaped farmland.

Aliases

Balbeuchly Foot
07/03/2023

Nearby stations Dronley Balbeuchley Top Baldragon Baldovan and Downfield Auchterhouse [2nd] Auchterhouse [1st] Liff Lochee West Crossroads Lochee Offset at Back of Law Invergowrie Ninewells Junction [Station] Dundee Ward Road Magdalen Green	Dighty Water Bridge [1st] Dighty Water Bridge [2nd] Leoch Quarry Rose Mill Quarry Rosemill Loop Auchrie Quarry Siding Fallaws Quarry Rosemill Siding Rose Mill Auchrie Quarry Balbeuchley Incline Balbeuchley Engine Baldragon Farm (New) Pitpointie Siding Tourist/other Rosemill Level Crossing
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.

Chronology Dates

16/12/1831	Dundee and Newtyle Railway Line partially opened from Law Engine House to Hatton Engine House with stations at Dundee Top of the Law, Baldovan, Baldragon, Balbeuchley Foot, Balbeuchley Top, Auchterhouse [1st] and Hatton Engine House. Stationary engines for inclines were provided by J&C Carmichael, Ward Foundry. At this time only the Balbeuchley Incline was in operation. Line horse operated.