Perth railway station (Scotland)

Perth

National Rail
The station's entrance in 2021
General information
LocationPerth, Perth and Kinross
Scotland
Coordinates56°23′30″N 3°26′18″W / 56.3916°N 3.4384°W / 56.3916; -3.4384
Grid referenceNO112231
Managed byScotRail
Platforms7
Other information
Station codePTH[2]
History
Original companyScottish Central Railway and
Scottish Midland Junction Railway
Pre-groupingCaledonian Railway
Post-groupingLMS
Key dates
22 May 1848Opened as Perth General[3]
1952Renamed as Perth[3]
Passengers
2018/19Decrease 1.112 million
 Interchange Increase 0.135 million
2019/20Decrease 1.059 million
 Interchange Decrease 0.106 million
2020/21Decrease 0.181 million
 Interchange Decrease 15,491
2021/22Increase 0.615 million
 Interchange Increase 56,960
2022/23Increase 0.695 million
 Interchange Increase 0.119 million
Listed Building – Category B
Designated26 August 1977
Reference no.LB39340[4]
Location
Perth is located in Perth
Perth
Perth
Location within Perth
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Perth railway station is a railway station located in the city of Perth, Scotland, on both the Glasgow to Dundee line and the Highland Main Line. It is managed by ScotRail, who provide almost all of the services (along with LNER and the Caledonian Sleeper).

It is sited 151 miles 25 chains (243.5 km) from Carlisle, measured via Stirling, Cumbernauld and Motherwell, and approximately 47 miles 68 chains (77 km) from Ladybank (thus approximately 86 miles 77 chains (140 km) from Edinburgh Waverley via Kirkcaldy and Inverkeithing).[5]

  1. ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. ^ Deaves, Phil. "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  3. ^ a b Butt (1995), page 184
  4. ^ "LEONARD STREET, PERTH RAILWAY STATION INCLUDING CARRIAGE SHED AND GATEPIERS". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  5. ^ Jacobs, Gerald, ed. (2001). Track Diagrams: 1 - Scotland and the Isle of Man (4th ed.). Bradford-upon-Avon: Quail Map Company. pp. 8, 9, 11–15.