Bridge Of Earn [1st]

Location type

Station


Name and dates

Bridge of Earn [1st] (1848-1892)

Opened on the Strathearn Junction Railway (Edinburgh and Northern Railway).


Description

This two platform station was east of the later Bridge of Earn [2nd] which replaced it. Replacement was required as this station did not serve the later line to Glenfarg and the Forth Bridge but only the route to Ladybank.


Tags

Station


Dates

25/07/1848[Edinburgh and Northern Railway]
Opened from Abernethy Road to Hilton Junction. Stations at Abernethy and Bridge of Earn [1st] opened, Abernethy Road closed. (Alternative date for Bridge of Earn - 18th.)
01/02/1890[Edinburgh and Northern Railway]
New further west Bridge of Earn [2nd] station opened to serve both the Perth to Ladybank and Perth to Cowdenbeath lines. Bridge of Earn [1st] closes.