Rumbling Bridge [1st]

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Rumbling Bridge [1st] (1863-1868)

Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.

Opened on the Devon Valley Railway.

Description

This was the temporary terminus of the line from Kinross [1st] before its extension west to Dollar. The station was at surface level which would result in a very steep gradient to the west if the original proposed line was built. The North British Railway saw the line as an important through route and its engineer proposed an alteration. The line was closed west of Crook of Devon in 1868 to allow a new approach to be built to a new Rumbling Bridge [2nd] at a lower level. The new approach was in a quarter mile long cutting. A triangle of land remained in railway ownership, along with Station House.

The cutting has been filled in and landscaped.

Tags

Station terminus


Books


Forgotten Railways: Scotland