Dovecotland Goods
Location type
SidingsName and dates
Dovecotland GoodsOpened on the Scottish Midland Junction Railway.
Description
This goods yard was on the north side of the Perth High Street road bridge. It was located on the west side of the line, both goods lines and passenger lines, and Perth Goods [CR]. The yard was used by the Highland Railway.
In 1890 an agreement was reached with the Highland Railway company for used of land at Dovecotland.
The yard had a loading bank on the west side, several marshalling sidings, a large goods shed with loading banks and further marshalling sidings on the east side. It was well equipped with cranes. Approach was from the north, from Balhousie Junction.
One siding was for McCash & Son's . This was on the west side of the depot.
By the time of the 1962 re-signalling the yard was a permanent way depot.
By the late 1980s only a single siding, the Tulloch Oil Siding, remained at the north end of the site. This was a Shell-Mex siding.
The site has various business uses today.
Tags
Goods permanent wayExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
03/11/2019
| Nearby stations Perth Glasgow Road Perth Glasgow Road [Temporary] Perth Muirton Perth Princes Street Barnhill Signal Box Ruthven Road Almondbank Forgandenny Kinfauns Luncarty Bridge of Earn [2nd] Tibbermuir Bridge of Earn [1st] Strathord | Dovecotland Junction St Leonards Iron and Engineering Works Perth North Goods Pullars Highland House Perth Shed [HR] Balhousie Sidings Earlsdyke Coal Depot Wallace Works (Linens) Perth Central Goods Glasgow Road Junction Dovecotland Oil Siding Perth Carriage Sidings Balhousie Junction Perth Rowntree Mackintosh Siding Tourist/other Dewer^s Bonded Warehousing |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1890 | Scottish Midland Junction Railway Agreement over land at Dovecotland (for Dovecotland Goods) between the Caledonian Railway and Highland Railway. |
