Dalguise

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Dalguise (1863-1965)

Station code: National Rail
Opened on the Inverness and Perth Junction Railway.

Description

This was a two platform station with a passing loop and the main building on the northbound platform. There was a goods yard to the south, on a loop which was approached by reversal from the northbound platform or from the southbound line at the south end of the loop, crossing over the line to reach the goods yard.

When first opened the northbound platform only existed, the loop was added later.

The loop opened in 1874. North and south boxes opened in 1887. The north box was on the west side of the line, north of the platforms, and the south box was south of the goods yard and also on the west side. The north box was replaced in 1914.

Both boxes were replaced with a single box in 1919.

The station closed to goods in 1964 and the loop and box also closed, the northbound platform only remaining open. The station closed in 1965.

The village itself is just off to the west. Dalguise House is to the north west.

The station house, partly in timber, remains standing, in use as a house.

To the north is the River Tay Viaduct.

Tags

Station

External links

Canmore site record
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
11/03/2020




Nearby stations
Guay
Ballinluig
Dunkeld and Birnam
Balnaguard Halt
Grandtully
Rohallion
Pitlochry
Murthly
Aberfeldy
Bankfoot
Ballathie
Killiecrankie
Stanley Junction
Stanley [SMJR]
Blairgowrie
Dalguise Viaduct
Inchmagranachan Crossing
Ballinluig Turntable
Inver Tunnel
Ballinluig Viaduct
Logierait Viaduct
Inver Viaduct
Tourist/other
Dalguise House
Dunkeld House
Dunkeld Cathedral
The Hermitage
Dunkeld Bridge
Beatrix Potter Garden
Torwood House
Birnam Lodge
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.


Beatrix Potter


Dalguise House is noted for being rented by Rupert William Potter, father of Beatrix, during the summers from 1871 to 1881.

Beatrix Potter (1866-1943) published 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit' in 1902.


Chronology Dates

01/06/1863Inverness and Perth Junction Railway
Dunkeld to Pitlochry opened. Stations opened at Dalguise, Guay, Ballinluig, Pitlochry.
03/05/1965Aberfeldy Branch (Inverness and Perth Junction Railway)
Inverness and Perth Junction Railway
Aberfeldy branch closed, along with the closure of stations on the Highland Main Line with the withdrawal of local trains. On the branch Aberfeldy, Grandtully, Balnaguard Halt closed along with the junction station Ballinluig. South of the junction, on the main line, Dalguise and Murthly closed. To the north Killiecrankie, Struan, Dalnaspidal, Tomatin, Moy, Daviot, and Culloden Moor closed.
08/01/2005Inverness and Perth Junction Railway
Line closed between Kingussie and Aviemore due to rising water in the Gynack Burn and at Balavil Bridge. Also closed at Dalguise due to the River Tay rising.

News items

12/01/2005Severe weather 7-12 January [Railscot]

Books


Bradshaw's Guides Scotlands Railways West Coast - Carlisle to Inverness: 5

Highland Railway Album: No. 1

Highland Railway Album: No. 2

Highland Railway Carriages and Wagons

Highland Railway: People and Places - From the Inverness and Nairn Railway to Scotrail

The Highland Railway

The Highland Railway : The History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands - Vol 2