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The Newburgh and North Fife Railway obtained its act of Parliament, the Newburgh and North Fife Railway Act 1897 (60 & 61 Vict. c. ccxxi), on 6 August 1897. It was to be just over thirteen miles in length, between Glenburnie Junction at Newburgh (between Ladybank and Perth) and a triangular junction at St Fort, between the Tay Bridge and ...
This replacement station became a junction station on 25 January 1909, when the Newburgh and North Fife Railway company opened a line from Newburgh to Dundee. This route called at Lindores , Luthrie , and Kilmany , and was an attempt to provide a competitive service between Perth and Dundee via the south of the River Tay.
Newburgh is a royal burgh and parish in Fife, Scotland, at the south shore of the Firth of Tay. The town has a population of 2,171 (in 2011), [ 2 ] which constitutes a 10% increase since 1901 when the population was counted at 1,904 persons.
The latter branch was subsequently extended to Hilton Junction, near Perth the following year. On 8 June 1857, the Fife and Kinross Railway opened, providing a link to Kinross. This line was closed to passengers on 5 June 1950, with the line between Auchtermuchty and Ladybank closing to freight on 29 January 1957.
The Dundee and Perth Railway would pay half the cost of the Tay crossing. The line from the convergence with the Dundee and Perth line into Perth itself would be operated as two single lines, one for each company; the entire E&NR system would be a single line. The estimated cost of the revised scheme was £500,000.
Fife Circle Line connection Markinch: Markinch: Fife Circle Line connection, also serves Levenmouth and Glenrothes Ladybank: Ladybank: Connection for Perth: Perth: Perth: Highland Line connection Invergowrie: Invergowrie: Local services between Perth and Dundee: Springfield: Springfield: limited service: Cupar: Cupar: Leuchars
On 25 January 1909 the Newburgh and North of Fife Railway opened, giving a direct connection from Leuchars to Perth and St Andrews had a daily passenger train to Perth. In 1923 the railways of Great Britain were "grouped" following the Railways Act 1921 , and the North British Railway was a constituent of the new London and North Eastern ...
It runs from Junction 1A of the M9 motorway, south of the Queensferry Crossing, [2] to Perth. It is the northernmost motorway in the United Kingdom. The northern point goes to the western suburbs of Perth at Broxden. A small part of the M90 (across the Friarton Bridge to the southeast of Perth) was originally numbered as the M85 motorway.