Xenophon PCDGS
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Can anyone confirm exactly what line this was on and what was the following station on the way outwards from Dundee.
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Dundee Esplanade railway station
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steamybrian
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The following web site shows the location and photographs of the station-
http://www.railbrit.co.uk/location.php?loc=Dundee Esplanade
After leaving Dundee station
next station was Dundee Esplanade
passing over the Tay Bridge until Wormit Junction
.....with the line eastwards going immediately into Wormit station before heading towards Newport-on-Tay, Tayport, etc
Heading southwards.
...the next station was St. Fort
http://www.railbrit.co.uk/location.php?loc=Dundee Esplanade
After leaving Dundee station
next station was Dundee Esplanade
passing over the Tay Bridge until Wormit Junction
.....with the line eastwards going immediately into Wormit station before heading towards Newport-on-Tay, Tayport, etc
Heading southwards.
...the next station was St. Fort
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MidnightFlyer
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The first station south of the Tay Bridge, according to RailScot, was St Fort. The first out to Perth was Magdalen Green.
PaxVobiscum
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There are some pictures on RailScot Paul.
And another
So it must have been on the main line, just after the bridge as in this picture from which that caption quoted above was taken.
This one shows it more clearly.
Wormit station on the Newport branch on the other side of the bridge would have been the nearest station along.
And another
So it must have been on the main line, just after the bridge as in this picture from which that caption quoted above was taken.
This one shows it more clearly.
Wormit station on the Newport branch on the other side of the bridge would have been the nearest station along.
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Xenophon PCDGS
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Grateful thanks to all of you. I am looking at the matter of the Newburgh and North Fife Railway, where it does appear that St Fort had a connection to it.
Originally trains took the Ferry from Broughty Ferry to Tayport then headed south to leuchars (Old Station).
The line via Newport and Wormit used the first Tay bridge. The Tayport-Leuchars (Old Station) fell out of use when the direct line from Leuchars via St. Fort was built. St. Fort was also the junction for the line to Perth via Lindores and Newburgh. There was a triangle junction to the south of St. Fort station. You can still see the remains of a bridge on the north side of the triangle, in the fields. Nothing remains of the south side of the triangle.
The line via Newport and Wormit used the first Tay bridge. The Tayport-Leuchars (Old Station) fell out of use when the direct line from Leuchars via St. Fort was built. St. Fort was also the junction for the line to Perth via Lindores and Newburgh. There was a triangle junction to the south of St. Fort station. You can still see the remains of a bridge on the north side of the triangle, in the fields. Nothing remains of the south side of the triangle.
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If I remember there was a signal box on the south end of the Tay bridge which would have been the junction for the branch to Newport and Tayport. St fort station masters house was where the A92 crossed over the railway near a hotel now closed.
If you look at an ordnance survey map clues to the Newburgh line seem to follow south of A92 to kilmany then westwards to north of A92 before crossing again at Luthrie then following A92 to Parbroath crossroads. Then south of A913 to Lindores then Newburgh.
The line is fairly easy to follow as cuttings and embankments still exist some brickwork where bridges have been dismantled and then made safe by building walls on the top.
In the 60's I used to visit all the stations in the Dundee area and I cannot remember of the esplanade being used, always looked unsafe to me in a poor state of repair. It was built onto the main line, old timers in the railway told me that that was the old Caledonia line but nor sure if this is Correct, maybe Bill will correct?
If you look at an ordnance survey map clues to the Newburgh line seem to follow south of A92 to kilmany then westwards to north of A92 before crossing again at Luthrie then following A92 to Parbroath crossroads. Then south of A913 to Lindores then Newburgh.
The line is fairly easy to follow as cuttings and embankments still exist some brickwork where bridges have been dismantled and then made safe by building walls on the top.
In the 60's I used to visit all the stations in the Dundee area and I cannot remember of the esplanade being used, always looked unsafe to me in a poor state of repair. It was built onto the main line, old timers in the railway told me that that was the old Caledonia line but nor sure if this is Correct, maybe Bill will correct?
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