Balbeuchley Foot

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Balbeuchley Foot (1831-1855)

Opened on the Dundee and Newtyle Railway.

Description

This was a halt at the lower end of the Balbeuchley Incline where trains stopped to have the rope attached for hauling up the incline. There was a 'station' here until around 1855, although trains would have continued to halt here until 1860 when the incline was bypassed.

Subsequently sidings remained here for Leoch Quarry and Fallaws Quarry.

The site is now landscaped farmland.

Tags

Station Halt

Aliases

Balbeuchly Foot
07/03/2023

Chronology Dates

16/12/1831Dundee and Newtyle Railway
Line partially opened from Law Engine House to Hatton Engine House with stations at Dundee Top of the Law, Baldovan, Baldragon, Balbeuchley Foot, Balbeuchley Top, Auchterhouse [1st] and Hatton Engine House. Stationary engines for inclines were provided by J&C Carmichael, Ward Foundry. At this time only the Balbeuchley Incline was in operation. Line horse operated.

Books


Dundee and Newtyle Railway Including the Alyth and Blairgowrie Branches (Oakwood Library of Railway History)

Railways of Dundee (Oakwood Library of Railway History)