Crieff & Methven Railway
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The Crieff and Methven Junction Railway joined the Perth, Almond Valley and Methven Railway at Methven Junction
and connected the latter line to Crieff
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The line was closed to passengers on 1 October 1951, however remained open to freight traffic until September 1967.
Methven Junction railway station
Methven Junction railway station served the village of Methven in Scotland.-External links:*...
and connected the latter line to Crieff
Crieff railway station
Crieff was a junction railway station at Crieff, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It was where the Crieff Junction Railway, Crieff & Methven Railway and the Comrie, St Fillans & Lochearnhead Railway met....
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History
The company received parliamentary authorisation to build the line on 14 July 1864, with the line being completed in 1867.The line was closed to passengers on 1 October 1951, however remained open to freight traffic until September 1967.
Connections to other lines
- Perth, Almond Valley and Methven Railway at Methven JunctionMethven Junction railway stationMethven Junction railway station served the village of Methven in Scotland.-External links:*...
- Crieff Junction RailwayCrieff Junction RailwayThe Crieff Junction Railway was constituted to link Crieff to the then Scottish Central Railway, later part of the Caledonian Railway at Gleneagles.The line opened on 13 March 1856 and was absorbed by the Scottish Central Railway on 29 June 1865....
at CrieffCrieff railway stationCrieff was a junction railway station at Crieff, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It was where the Crieff Junction Railway, Crieff & Methven Railway and the Comrie, St Fillans & Lochearnhead Railway met.... - Crieff and Comrie RailwayCrieff and Comrie RailwayThe Crieff and Comrie Railway was incorporated on 25 July 1890 following the abandonment of a previous scheme in 1856. The line opened in July 1893 and was operated by the Caledonian Railway, and being absorbed by the same in August 1898....
at CrieffCrieff railway stationCrieff was a junction railway station at Crieff, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It was where the Crieff Junction Railway, Crieff & Methven Railway and the Comrie, St Fillans & Lochearnhead Railway met....