The webmaster recalls the saying todays headlines next weeks chip wrappers and believes the original version of this article is an exception. Dundee and perth railway dundee and newtyle railway an act to allow the dundee and perth railway to take a long term lease of the dundee and newtyle railway is passed. The dundee to newtyle railway for the monikie, scotland website. The landsof davidston came intopossessionofthe kirk sessionof dundee. The dundee and newtyle railway opened in 1831 and was the first railway in the north of. The company provided a service between dundee and newtyle. Watch the dundee rail documentary that is making tracks. The same collection also includes the records of the dundee and newtyle railway company. The dundee and newtyle railway opened in 1831 and was the first railway in the north of scotland. It was begun in 1833, and although different sections of it closed at different times. The dundee newtyle railway was the first railway built north of the tay. Developers wanted to convert the derelict category b former railway buildings at the end of the dundee to newtyle line, which closed in 1955, into four family homes.
It was built to link dundee to the countryside, to move produce between farmland and the mills and docks of the town. The original village of newtyle was centred on the church and what are now kirkton road and smiddy road. These steep sections were later deviated by three new railways. Hatton castle to the south and newbigging to the north lie within the parish boundary the railway. Newtyle was the northern terminus for the first commercial railway in scotland, the dundee and newtyle railway which opened in 1831. Historic tayside railway station spared as housing. The line was unusual for its time in not being a connection between coal pits and, say, canals. The dundee to newtyle railway for the monikie, scotland. The area has both historical and natural heritage features of. Previous story, back to index, location map from streetmap, printable pdf. The archives of the dundee and perth and aberdeen railway junction company, which include those of the dundee and perth railway company are held at the university of dundee as part of the shiell and small, solicitors collection. Gc4k7v8 dundee newtyle railway 3 traditional cache in. It is reproduced here with the kind permission of the courier. Still available from some books shops and on the internet.
Documentary by ron watt detailing the dundee to newtyle railway line built in 1831. Decorations were profuse at standalane house, the cross, railway station and. Hills were overcome using stationary engines pulling coaches on ropes, with flat sections in between. Newtyle was simply a remote railhead, and the anticipated.
Suddenly the rope broke and the train dashed into the dundee station, scattering the. Main dates early operations route reminiscences further reading. Dundee and perth railway dundee and newtyle railway the dundee and perth railway takes a 999 year least of the dundee and newtyle railway. Current entrance to former lochee station, now dundee burns club 082. The route included three inclined planes which required stationary steam engines to haul the trains uphill. It first appeared in the dundee courier supplement on saturday 31st january 2015. It was built to carry goods between dundee and the fertile area known as strathmore. Responding to the criticism of the remote newtyle station, two further railways were built. An octogenarians film about the defunct dundee to newtyle railway line is picking up a head of steam online.
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