Kingswood Crossing
Location type
SidingsName and dates
Kingswood Crossing (1908-1963)Opened on the Perth and Dunkeld Railway.
Description
This crossing was between Dunkeld (to the west) and Murthly. It was just east of Kingswood Tunnel.
The loop opened in 1908 with two boxes, one at either end of the loop. Both were on the north side of the loop. The north box was at the west end, south at the south end.
The south box closed in 1919, replaced with a ground frame controlled by the north box.
In the Second World War a new single box opened in 1942. This was a brick building with a roof sloping to the rear. The box was on the south side of the line.
The box and loop closed in 1963.
The line remains open as a single track line.
The site of Rohallion station was at the west end of the loop.
Local
boxes
north
op 1908
cl ?
south
op 1908
cl 1919, rep with GF controlled by north box
kingswood
op 1942
cl 1963
Tags
Loop crossingAliases
Kingswood LoopExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
10/03/2020
| Nearby stations Rohallion Bankfoot Murthly Dunkeld and Birnam Stanley Junction Stanley [SMJR] Ballathie Strathord Luncarty Cargill Dalguise Guay Ruthven Road Blairgowrie Rosemount Halt | Kingswood Tunnel Bankfoot Shed Inver Viaduct Inver Tunnel Tourist/other Dunkeld Road Bridge Temporary Signal Box Murthly Castle Rohallion Castle Murthly Hospital Birnam Lodge Torwood House Beatrix Potter Garden Dunkeld Bridge Dunkeld Cathedral The Hermitage Dunkeld House |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Books
 Bradshaw's Guides Scotlands Railways West Coast - Carlisle to Inverness: 5 | The Perth and Dunkeld Railway |
