Meigle [3rd]
Location type
StationName and dates
Meigle [3rd] (1892-1951)Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.
Opened on the Alyth Railway.Description
Meigle [2nd] closed when a new station opened north of the level crossing. The new station was also a single platform station. There was a timber station building.
A signal box opened on the north side of the crossing and on the west side of the line in 1892. A siding opened at the site of Meigle [2nd].
A southbound passenger train, pausing at the platform, would halt with its locomotive on the level crossing, blocking the Perth to Forfar main road.
This box closed in 1935, replaced with a ground frame.
The station closed to passengers in 1951 and the line closed in 1965.
The station site has been built over.
Tags
StationExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
01/05/2023
| Nearby stations Meigle [2nd] Alyth Junction Meigle Upper Junction Kirkinch Jordanstone Newtyle [2nd] Newtyle [1st] Washington [N and CAR] Ardler Leason Hill Pitcrocknie Platform Alyth Eassie Coupar Angus Auchterhouse [1st] | Meigle Burn Bridge Dean Water Bridge [Cardean] Isla Viaduct [Cardean] Nethermill Junction Drumkilbo Siding Ardler Junction Newtyle Incline Tourist/other Meigle Sculptured Stone Museum Meigle House Belmont Castle Cardean [House] Drumkilbo House Kinloch House Camno Crossing Nevay Church |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
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