Date: 25/06/2013

The Scottish Conservatives are set to seek a debate in the Scottish Parliament regarding reopening a direct rail link between Perth and Edinburgh. As previously revealed in The Courier, discussions have taken place between Scottish Government officials and representatives from Transform Scotland regarding the matter, which would see the old Kinross rail station reopened and a feasibility study undertaken. The station closed down in the 1970s to make way for the building of the M90 motorway. Liz Smith, Scottish Conservative MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, told The Courier she will be tabling a motion calling on the Scottish Government to look again at a feasibility study into reopening a direct line between Perth and Edinburgh.

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Call for debate on Edinburgh-Perth rail link - The Courier

Courier

The Scottish Conservatives are set to seek a debate in the Scottish Parliament regarding reopening a direct rail link between Perth and Edinburgh.

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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)