Perth railway station (Scotland)

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General information
Location	Perth and Kinross
Managed by	First ScotRail
Platforms	7
Other information
Station code	PTH
History
Original company	Scottish Central Railway and Scottish Midland Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
Key dates
22 May 1848	Opened as Perth General
1952	Renamed as Perth

Perth railway station is a railway station located in the city of Perth, Scotland. The station, designed by Sir William Tite, won an architecture prize. It has seven platforms, five of which are "through" platforms.

There are two entrances, both of which allow car parking. The ticket office, newsagent and café are between Platforms 2 and 3. The original main concourse was between the current Platforms 4 and 7 and the station was covered by a large overall roof, which still exists in a reduced form. At one time there were nine platforms.

Services

Passenger services are operated by First ScotRail and East Coast, and the station is staffed throughout its opening hours.

From Perth station, trains operate to: Edinburgh, via Fife; Glasgow, via Stirling; Inverness, via the Highland Main Line; and Aberdeen via Dundee.

The daily (overnight) Caledonian Sleeper service between Inverness and London and the daily East Coast Highland Chieftain service between Inverness and London Kings Cross call at this station.

Railway connections

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Gleneagles		East Coast East Coast Main Line		Pitlochry
				Dunkeld & Birnam Sundays only, southbound only
Gleneagles	style="background:#Template:First ScotRail colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	First ScotRail Highland Line	style="background:#Template:First ScotRail colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	Dunkeld & Birnam
Ladybank	style="background:#Template:First ScotRail colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	First ScotRail Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line	style="background:#Template:First ScotRail colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	Invergowrie
Gleneagles	style="background:#Template:First ScotRail colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	First ScotRail Highland Caledonian Sleeper	style="background:#Template:First ScotRail colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	Dunkeld & Birnam
	Historical railways
Terminus		Scottish Midland Junction Railway Caledonian Railway		Luncarty Line open; Station closed
Terminus		Dundee and Perth Railway Caledonian Railway		Princes Street Line open; Station closed
Forgandenny Line open; Station closed		Scottish Central Railway Caledonian Railway		Terminus
Bridge of Earn Line open; Station closed		Edinburgh and Northern Railway North British Railway		Terminus
	Disused railways
Terminus		Perth, Almond Valley and Methven Railway Caledonian Railway		Ruthven Road Line partially open; Station closed

References

Sources

• Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063. CN 8983.
• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.

External Links

• Winchester, Clarence, ed. (2 August 1935), "Perth General Station", Railway Wonders of the World, pp. 839–844, description of the station in the 1930s