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Perth and Kinross Council officers have recommended councillors approve the Network Rail plans at a meeting this week much to the concern of locals and tourists who feel their views have not been heard.
(Permalink) Accessibility Footbridge Network Rail Perth and Kinross Council Pitlochry |
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Network Rail wants to replace the A-listed bridge at Pitlochry railway station with a wheelchair-accessible crossing
(Permalink) Accessibility Footbridge Pitlochry  Pitlochry: Network Rail has submitted an application for listed building consent for a new bridge to make Pitlochry station fully accessible for passengers.
The proposal for a footbridge with lifts within th ...  Pitlochry: A southbound Scotrail HST calls at Pitlochry on 16th April 2019
 Pitlochry: Platform scene at Pitlochry on 25 February, with traditional lanterns completing the improvements to the footbridge. |
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Network Rail has submitted an application for listed building consent for a new bridge to make Pitlochry station fully accessible for passengers.
(Permalink) Accessibility Pitlochry Pitlochry: Network Rail has submitted an application for listed building consent for a new bridge to make Pitlochry station fully accessible for passengers.
The proposal for a footbridge with lifts within th ... Pitlochry: A southbound Scotrail HST calls at Pitlochry on 16th April 2019
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Five major railway lines in the north and north-east will be subject to speed restrictions following Met Office warnings for heavy rain and high winds.
(Permalink) Aberdeen to Dundee line Blair Atholl Far North Line Highland Main Line Kyle Line Pitlochry ScotRail Weather West Highland Line |
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A plan to shut part of the main road through Pitlochry for five days has been scrapped after a backlash. Network Rail had planned to carry out an inspection of the bridge over the line on Atholl Road - close to Dysart Brae - from next week. It would have meant a several-mile diversion for drivers heading north of the town.
(Permalink) Atholl Road Pitlochry |
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The main road through Pitlochry will shut for five days next month as work takes place to inspect a railway bridge.
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The McCallums gathered 1218 signatures in a petition for councillors to reconsider their decision to refuse leasing part of a council car park. [The site is the car park near the station on Rie-Achan Road. -RS]
(Permalink) Pitlochry Rie-Achan Road Car Park |
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It was the train that offered up its own talent show for pupils.
(Permalink) Forth Bridge Granton Road Pitlochry TV Train Television Train  Strathyre: This is a BR Publicity photographs designed to be handed out and used for promotional purposes. The wording on the back says roughly PR&PO British Railways Please Acknowledge.
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Pitlochry is set in Scotland's geographic centre along a main route through the Highlands towards the Cairngorms.
My first glimpse, as I approached Pitlochry by train, registered the town's idyllic Perthshire scenery. Soon I learned that the area features more than 40 miles of walking paths, and the railway has been there since 1863. Another revelation occurred as my train reached the station. There, set right on a platform adjacent to the ticket office, was the Pitlochry Station Bookshop. (Permalink) Pitlochry Pitlochry Station Bookshop  Pitlochry: The Bookshop looks resplendent now that it has been able to renew its shelving with support from supporters including the Highland Main Line Community Rail Partnership and the Enchanted Forest. At the ... |
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The family behind plans to bring a train carriage Thai restaurant to Pitlochry will finally have their petition heard by councillors in the New Year.
(Permalink) Pitlochry  Pitlochry: The Kingdom of HSTs has not yet cometh to the Highland Main Line with two Up and two Down trains in succession formed of 170s. The 1224 departures are seen at Pitlochry on 29 May 2019 looking north. T ... |
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Pitlochry: The Kingdom of HSTs has not yet cometh to the Highland Main Line with two Up and two Down trains in succession formed of 170s. The 1224 departures are seen at Pitlochry on 29 May 2019 looking north. T ... |
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The McCallum family from Pitlochry are facing an uphill struggle to cling to their dream of opening the Wee Choo-Choo Thai restaurant in restored train carriages.
(Permalink) Pitlochry  Pitlochry: Now decommissioned, the old signal box from Pitlochry still looks to be structurally sound in April 2019 but is very much separated from the railway it served by the new extended Down side platform. S ... |
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Over 750 people have signed a petition supporting a Pitlochry family's effort achieve their train carriage restaurant dream but the drawn-out process has led to heartache with another business shutting down.
(Permalink) Carriage restaurant Pitlochry  Pitlochry: An Edinburgh to Inverness ScotRail HST calls at Pitlochry in the crisp Highland air of 30 January 2019. Note the newly extended platform on the other side, extended this side too. |
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A bookshop at a small Perthshire railway station has raised a whopping £350,000 for charities since it opened.
(Permalink) Bookshop Pitlochry  Pitlochry: Welcome to the Station Bookshop - Pitlochry, July 2012. [See adjacent news item] Pitlochry: The Bookshop looks resplendent now that it has been able to renew its shelving with support from supporters including the Highland Main Line Community Rail Partnership and the Enchanted Forest. At the ... |
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Train commuters in the Highlands are experiences another day of train cancellations. Adverse weather conditions has forced the partial closure of railway lines at Perth and Pitlochry. Services from Inverness to Edinburgh and Glasgow will terminate at Pitlochry and will not call at Dunkeld and Birnam.
(Permalink) Dalguise Viaduct Dunkeld Perth Pitlochry  Dalguise Viaduct: Flooding of the River Tay at the Dalguise Viaduct, north of Dunkeld, on the Highland Main Line. |
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Plans have been lodged to convert 40-year-old first class train carriages into a Thai restaurant beside Pitlochry station which will be restored to their original 1980 British Rail orange interior decor.
(Permalink) Car Park Pitlochry Pitlochry: The Kingdom of HSTs has not yet cometh to the Highland Main Line with two Up and two Down trains in succession formed of 170s. The 1224 departures are seen at Pitlochry on 29 May 2019 looking north. T ...  Glenfinnan: The interesting railway collection at Glenfinnan station yard includes a NBR hand crane, snow plough and two MkI carriages, one of which operates as a tea room. This was the view on 26th July 2018. A ...  Bellingham (North Tyne): The two coaches located alongside the platform at Bellingham, seen here in November 2013, provide a tea room and exhibition space for the local heritage centre which stands off picture to the right. T ... |
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Andrew Haines, the Chief Executive of Network Rail, was guest of honour at the 2020 National Railway Heritage Awards as the winners in this year's competition were announced in a virtual ceremony, reflecting the fact that restrictions on the holding of public gatherings as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis meant that the usual annual ceremony held at Merchant Taylors' Hall had had to be cancelled.
The Urban Heritage Award, sponsored by the Arch Company, was made to Network Rail and LNER for the impressive work completed at Berwick-on-Tweed station over a number of years, work that recognised not only the importance of the station itself but also the sensitivity of the historic site on which it stands. The London Underground Operational Enhancement Award went to the Network Rail and Story Construction Ltd for the complex work undertaken at Stirling station in Scotland in restoring the platform canopies and footbridge whilst incorporating successfully the overhead line equipment associated with the 25kV electrification of the line through to Alloa. Highly commended entries: There were three unusual entrants that all featured restored graves; it was decided to reward these each with a chairmans special Highly Commended Certificate. The last was made to the Friends of Scrayingham and Leppington Village for the restoration of the grave of the 'Railway King', George Hudson, in Scrayingham churchyard. Highly commended entries: Partnership Award: Pitlochry salt store Conservation Award: Dumbarton Central station roof tiles, Lanark station railings Community Award: Dumfries station (Permalink) Andrew Haines Berwick-on-Tweed Dumbarton Central Dumfries George Hudson Lanark Network Rail Pitlochry Stirling  Dumbarton Central: Up on the roof; in the background workmen are repairing the roof of the westbound platforms building.  Stirling: A Dunblane service calls at Stirling on 21 August 2019. I'm not quite sure why this class has one eyebrow raised; it certainly doesn't help its looks. |
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