Comrie Viaduct

Location type

Bridge

Name and dates

Comrie Viaduct (1901-1951)

Opened on the Lochearnhead, St Fillans and Comrie Railway.

Description

This was a single track viaduct to the west of Comrie station on the extension west to Lochearnhead [2nd]. It was a mass concrete viaduct. From east to west the viaduct had two concrete arches, a plate girder over the main road, six concrete arches, a large girder section over the River Earn and a final two concrete arches. The concrete was dressed to give the appearance of stone, a characteristic style seen elsewhere on other surviving bridges on this former line.

It partially still stands, only the two western arches remain.

A little to the west the line re-crossed the Earn by the Ross Viaduct.

Tags

Viaduct River Earn

Books


A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: The North of Scotland v. 15 (Regional railway history series)

Branch Lines of Strathearn: Tourists, Tatties and Trains

Forgotten Railways: Scotland

The Railways of Upper Strathearn: Crieff - Balquhidder