Kingswood Tunnel
Location type
TunnelName and dates
Kingswood Tunnel (1856-)Opened on the Perth and Dunkeld Railway.
Description
This is a single bore tunnel 330 yds long to the south east of Dunkeld station.
Rohallion, a short lived station, was to the west. Kingswood Crossing was to the east.
The tunnel bore was increased to allow container traffic.
| Nearby stations Rohallion Dunkeld and Birnam Bankfoot Murthly Stanley Junction Stanley [SMJR] Ballathie Strathord Dalguise Luncarty Cargill Guay Ruthven Road Blairgowrie Methven | Kingswood Crossing Bankfoot Shed Inver Viaduct Inver Tunnel Tourist/other Dunkeld Road Bridge Temporary Signal Box Murthly Castle Rohallion Castle Birnam Lodge Torwood House Beatrix Potter Garden Murthly Hospital Dunkeld Bridge Dunkeld Cathedral The Hermitage Dunkeld House |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Great Birnam WoodBetween Kingswood Tunnel and Dunkeld and Birnam station the line runs through Birnam Wood, of Shakespeare's MacBeth fame. (Dunsinane Hill is over 12 miles East South-East.) |
Books
 Bradshaw's Guides Scotlands Railways West Coast - Carlisle to Inverness: 5 | The Perth and Dunkeld Railway |
