Gleneagles

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Gleneagles (1919-)

Station code: GLE National Rail ScotRail
Where: Perth and Kinross, Scotland
Opened on the Scottish Central Railway.
Opened on the Gleneagles Station and Gleneagles Hotel Branch (Caledonian Railway).
Open on the Glasgow to Perth.

Description

This is a two platform station, and was built as a three platform station. The station has canopied platforms and station buildings similar to those which existed at Eglinton Street and Carstairs stations. It is a fine example of a superior Caledonian Railway station. The design was by James Miller. Not only did the station serve the surrounding area but also, from 1924, the railway built Gleneagles Hotel.

It replaced Gleneagles [1st] station in roughly the same location. A new approach on an 'S' bend was laid in to the north, leading to the Crieff [2nd] branch. The old approach became sidings. The signal box was replaced in 1892 and 1920, latterly with a new box at the north end of the island platform.

The Crieff [2nd] and Comrie branch was to remain open to until 1964. The junction station survived this closure although its signal box was to close in 1966.

Entry to the station has been modified in recent years. It was originally via a stone station building, a ticket office, on the west side of the station. A lattice footbridge ran from this to the platforms with steps descending to the canopied platforms.

After closure of the branch the trackbed became the station's car park. The original entry became a private house. The building has been extended and entrance canopy cut back.

During a more recent rebuilding the very dangerous approach to the station from the A9 was replaced by a new road approaching from the west and dropping down to trackbed level alongside the west side of the station. The footbridge between the ticket office and northbound platform has been removed but the footbridge between the two platforms remains.

To the north of the station is Gleneagles Hotel (Gleneagles Hotel, Golf Course and Spa ) originally conceived by the Caledonian Railway, the rebuilt station being part of an overall plan to develop a resort. A fine wide road ran between station entrance and hotel and a goods only siding served the hotel from the Crieff branch.

South of Gleneagles is the summit of the line at Gleneagles Summit.

The line between Stirling and Perth is supported and promoted by the Strathallan Community Rail Partnership.

Tags

Station junction

Facilities

Listing: B




Nearby stations
Gleneagles [1st]
Auchterarder
Blackford
Tullibardine
Carsebreck
Muthill
Strageath Halt
Dunning
Greenloaning
Innerpeffray
Abercairny
Highlandman
Pittenzie Halt
Madderty
Crieff [2nd]
Gleneagles Tip
Gleneagles Summit
Kincardine Glen Viaduct
Blackford Mail Apparatus
Highland Spring
Machany Water Viaduct
Maggie Wall Monument
Tourist/other
Gleneagles Hotel
Blackford Old Parish Church
Tullibardine Chapel
Strathallan Castle
Strathallan Airfield
Whitemoss Level Crossing
Innerpeffray Chapel
Ardunie Roman Signal Station
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.


Chronology Dates

28/03/1920Scottish Central Railway Crieff Junction Railway
Authorisation for a deviation of the Crieff Junction Railway at Gleneagles and reconstruction of the station.
15/09/1958Crieff Junction Railway
Wickham Railbus introduced on Gleneagles to Crieff [2nd] service. Two halts opened: Pittenzie Halt and Strageath Halt. The introduction leads to an impressive increase in traffic, 2.5 times the steam service.
06/07/1964Crieff and Comrie Railway
Comrie to Crieff [2nd] to Gleneagles closed to passengers, the last trains being Park Royal railbus M79973 and another hauled by BR Standard Class 4 80063. (Comrie to Crieff Signalbox closed completely.)
01/09/1964Crieff Junction Railway
Muthill (excluded) to Gleneagles (excluded) closed to freight

News items

09/10/2023List of road and rail closures on Monday after flooding hits Tayside and Fife [The Courier]
08/08/2023Overspeed incidents at blanket emergency speed restrictions [RAIB]
16/11/2022Delays on Perth and Dundee trains after signalling fault [The Courier]
16/11/2022Fault leads to delays on trains between Inverness and Edinburgh [Inverness Courier]
30/10/2022Radical project proposed to fully electrify nearly 120 miles of railway between Dunblane and Aberdeen [Daily Record]
19/10/2022ScotRail trains re-start after fault between Perth and Gleneagles [The Courier]
23/07/2021Network Rail builds Scotland's first Beaver tunnel under main line [Network Rail]
12/07/2021Scotrail trains cancelled due to disruption in Gleneagles [Evening Telegraph]
25/12/2020Photographs for Christmas Day - a trip from Gleneagles to Crieff [Railscot]
12/11/2020Gleneagles Hotel closes for 11 weeks after tougher local Covid restrictions [BBC News]

Books


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

An Illustrated History of Tayside's Railways

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

Branch Lines of Strathearn: Tourists, Tatties and Trains

Scottish Central Railway (Oakwood Library of Railway History)

The Railways of Stirling