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Calls have been renewed for to reinstate the Kinross rail link, amid claims it would cut journey times from Perth to Edinburgh by up to 35 minutes.
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Kinross: Part of the OS One Inch map of 1945 showing part of the then county of Kinross.  Kinross-shire was not large, and even this small extract shows its only town and its only substantial village (locally pronounced Mills-i-forth, for some reason).  Two junctions on the NBR Perth direct line are shown: Kinross, for the Devon Valley line to Alloa; and Mawcarse, the junction for the line to Auchtermuchty and Ladybank. Mawcarse was - and is - nothing but a house, but the station survived 14 years after the closure of the branch until the main line was closed in 1964.  Crown copyright 1945.
David Panton //1945


Kinross Junction [2nd]: 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]]
Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 03/09/1966

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