Date: 30/05/2013

Transport campaigners have called for the reopening of a direct rail link between Edinburgh and Perth. Transform Scotland said the move was needed to keep the railway competitive with road travel through Perth and onwards to Inverness. They claimed the restoration of the Edinburgh-Perth railway could make the train journey 35 minutes faster.

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Transport campaigners call for the reopening of a direct rail link between Edinburgh and Perth to cut journey times.

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The station remains at Milnathort (closed 1970) may look odd at first glance. In fact, second glance might not help much either. The surviving sections of the wooden platforms, seen here in 2010, serve as a bridge over the North Queich. This is now part of a pedestrian route from the old station approach (off picture top left), across the far away platform, down a set of steps (the wooden handrails of which can be seen) towards some new housing off to the right. The rubble in the right background is from the recently demolished former goods shed.
Location: Milnathort
Company: Fife and Kinross Railway
03/09/2010 John Furnevel

Old hand coloured picture postcard showing Glenfarg station - thought to be looking south. The date on the back is 1908.
Location: Glenfarg
Company: Glenfarg Line (North British Railway)
//1908 Craig Seath Collection

The South & West Railway Society Granite City from Euston heads north through Kinross Junction on the Glenfarg Line on 3 September 1966 behind A2 Pacific 60532 Blue Peter on the Edinburgh - Aberdeen leg of its journey. The 1890 Kinross Junction was the second station to bear the name and the last survivor of the 4 (5 - EC) stations built in Kinross, finally closing in January 1970. [See image 20706]
Location: Kinross Junction [2nd]
Company: Fife and Kinross Railway
03/09/1966 Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney)