Alyth Junction railway station

Alyth Junction
Alyth Junction station site (1997)
General information
LocationMeigle, Angus
Scotland
Coordinates56°34′24″N 3°09′02″W / 56.57347°N 3.15067°W / 56.57347; -3.15067
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyScottish North Eastern Railway
Pre-groupingCaledonian Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 August 1861Station opened as Meigle[1]
1 November 1876Renamed as Alyth Junction[1][2]
4 September 1967Station closed[2]

Alyth Junction railway station served the village of Meigle in the Scottish county of Perth and Kinross. The station was the junction where the Alyth Railway and the Dundee and Newtyle Railway diverged from the Scottish Midland Junction Railway running between Perth and Arbroath.

The station is in the Angus council area, just over the border from Meigle.

  1. ^ a b Butt (1995), page 157
  2. ^ a b Butt (1995), page 16