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scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dates of operation</th><td class="infobox-data">1 June 1863–1 February 1865</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Highland_Railway" title="Highland Railway">Highland Railway</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Technical</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Track_gauge" title="Track gauge">Track gauge</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap">1,435 mm</span> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span 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style="float:right;clear:right;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:1em;empty-cells:show;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:100%;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle, #f8f9fa);color:inherit;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="line-height:normal;padding:4px 5px"><div class="selfreference noprint" style="text-align:right;font-size:97%"><a href="/wiki/Template:Railway_line_legend" title="Template:Railway line legend">Legend</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0px"> <table class="nogrid routemap" style="font-size:107.95454545455%"> <tbody><tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="-CONTgq"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/BSicon_-CONTgq.svg/20px-BSicon_-CONTgq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/BSicon_-CONTgq.svg/30px-BSicon_-CONTgq.svg.png 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style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit"><a href="/wiki/Inverness_and_Aberdeen_Junction_Railway" title="Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway">Inverness and Aberdeen</a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit"><a href="/wiki/Inverness_and_Aberdeen_Junction_Railway" title="Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway">Junction Railway</a></td></tr></tbody></table>  <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Right arrow" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg/10px-Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg/15px-Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg/20px-Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></span></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/30px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/40px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Dava_railway_station" title="Dava railway station">Dava</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/20px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/30px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/40px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Castle_Grant_Platform_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Castle Grant Platform railway station">Castle Grant Platform</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exSTR"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/20px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/30px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/40px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exCONTg"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/BSicon_exCONTg.svg/20px-BSicon_exCONTg.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/BSicon_exCONTg.svg/30px-BSicon_exCONTg.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/BSicon_exCONTg.svg/40px-BSicon_exCONTg.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr"> </td> <td class="RMr4"><div class="RMsi"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Up arrow" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Arrow_Blue_Up_001.svg/10px-Arrow_Blue_Up_001.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Arrow_Blue_Up_001.svg/15px-Arrow_Blue_Up_001.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Arrow_Blue_Up_001.svg/20px-Arrow_Blue_Up_001.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Strathspey_Railway_(GNoSR)" title="Strathspey Railway (GNoSR)">Strathspey Railway (GNoSR)</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/20px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/30px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/40px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exSTR"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/20px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/30px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/40px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Grantown-on-Spey_(West)_railway_station" title="Grantown-on-Spey (West) railway station">Grantown-on-Spey (West)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exSTR"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/20px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/30px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/40px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/20px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/30px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/40px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Grantown-on-Spey_(East)_railway_station" title="Grantown-on-Spey (East) railway station">Grantown-on-Spey (East)</a> <div class="RMsi">(<a href="/wiki/Strathspey_Railway_(GNoSR)" title="Strathspey Railway (GNoSR)">SR - GNoSR</a>)</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exSTR"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/20px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/30px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/40px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/20px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/30px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/40px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ballifurth_Farm_Halt_railway_station" title="Ballifurth Farm Halt railway station">Ballifurth Farm Halt</a> <div class="RMsi">(<a href="/wiki/Strathspey_Railway_(GNoSR)" title="Strathspey Railway (GNoSR)">SR - GNoSR</a>)</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exSTR"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/20px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/30px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/40px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/20px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/30px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/40px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Nethy_Bridge_railway_station" title="Nethy Bridge railway station">Nethy Bridge</a> <div class="RMsi">(<a href="/wiki/Strathspey_Railway_(GNoSR)" title="Strathspey Railway (GNoSR)">SR - GNoSR</a>)</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="KHSTxa"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/BSicon_KHSTxa.svg/20px-BSicon_KHSTxa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/BSicon_KHSTxa.svg/30px-BSicon_KHSTxa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/BSicon_KHSTxa.svg/40px-BSicon_KHSTxa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exSTR"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/20px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/30px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/40px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Broomhill_railway_station" title="Broomhill railway station">Broomhill</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="eKRWg+l"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/BSicon_eKRWg%2Bl.svg/20px-BSicon_eKRWg%2Bl.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/BSicon_eKRWg%2Bl.svg/30px-BSicon_eKRWg%2Bl.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/BSicon_eKRWg%2Bl.svg/40px-BSicon_eKRWg%2Bl.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exKRWr"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/BSicon_exKRWr.svg/20px-BSicon_exKRWr.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/BSicon_exKRWr.svg/30px-BSicon_exKRWr.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/BSicon_exKRWr.svg/40px-BSicon_exKRWr.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><i>Boat of Garten Junction</i></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="HST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/20px-BSicon_HST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/30px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/40px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Boat_of_Garten_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Boat of Garten railway station">Boat of Garten</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><div class="RMov"><div class="RMic"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="v-STR+4; lCONTf4"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/BSicon_lCONTf4.svg/20px-BSicon_lCONTf4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/BSicon_lCONTf4.svg/30px-BSicon_lCONTf4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/BSicon_lCONTf4.svg/40px-BSicon_lCONTf4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="v-STR+4; lCONTf4"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/BSicon_v-STR%2B4.svg/20px-BSicon_v-STR%2B4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/BSicon_v-STR%2B4.svg/30px-BSicon_v-STR%2B4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/BSicon_v-STR%2B4.svg/40px-BSicon_v-STR%2B4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="dSTR"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/BSicon_dSTR.svg/10px-BSicon_dSTR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/BSicon_dSTR.svg/15px-BSicon_dSTR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/BSicon_dSTR.svg/20px-BSicon_dSTR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr"> </td> <td class="RMr4"><div class="RMsi"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="UpperLeft arrow" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Arrow_Blue_UpperLeft_001.svg/10px-Arrow_Blue_UpperLeft_001.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Arrow_Blue_UpperLeft_001.svg/15px-Arrow_Blue_UpperLeft_001.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Arrow_Blue_UpperLeft_001.svg/20px-Arrow_Blue_UpperLeft_001.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Inverness_and_Aviemore_Direct_Railway" title="Inverness and Aviemore Direct Railway">Inverness and Aviemore Direct Railway</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="dSTR"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/BSicon_dSTR.svg/10px-BSicon_dSTR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/BSicon_dSTR.svg/15px-BSicon_dSTR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/BSicon_dSTR.svg/20px-BSicon_dSTR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="edHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/BSicon_edHST.svg/10px-BSicon_edHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/BSicon_edHST.svg/15px-BSicon_edHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/BSicon_edHST.svg/20px-BSicon_edHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RMd"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Aviemore_(Speyside)_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Aviemore (Speyside) railway station">Aviemore (Speyside)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="dBHF-L"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/BSicon_dBHF-L.svg/10px-BSicon_dBHF-L.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/BSicon_dBHF-L.svg/15px-BSicon_dBHF-L.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/BSicon_dBHF-L.svg/20px-BSicon_dBHF-L.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="dKBHFxe-R"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/BSicon_dKBHFxe-R.svg/10px-BSicon_dKBHFxe-R.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/BSicon_dKBHFxe-R.svg/15px-BSicon_dKBHFxe-R.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/BSicon_dKBHFxe-R.svg/20px-BSicon_dKBHFxe-R.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RMd"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Aviemore_railway_station" title="Aviemore railway station">Aviemore</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="xv-SHI2g+r"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/BSicon_xv-SHI2g%2Br.svg/20px-BSicon_xv-SHI2g%2Br.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/BSicon_xv-SHI2g%2Br.svg/30px-BSicon_xv-SHI2g%2Br.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/BSicon_xv-SHI2g%2Br.svg/40px-BSicon_xv-SHI2g%2Br.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RMd"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="eHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/20px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/30px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/40px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Kincraig_railway_station" title="Kincraig railway station">Kincraig</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="HST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/20px-BSicon_HST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/30px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/40px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Kingussie_railway_station" title="Kingussie railway station">Kingussie</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="HST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/20px-BSicon_HST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/30px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/40px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Newtonmore_railway_station" title="Newtonmore railway station">Newtonmore</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="HST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/20px-BSicon_HST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/30px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/40px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Dalwhinnie_railway_station" title="Dalwhinnie railway station">Dalwhinnie</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="GIPl"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/BSicon_GIPl.svg/20px-BSicon_GIPl.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/BSicon_GIPl.svg/30px-BSicon_GIPl.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/BSicon_GIPl.svg/40px-BSicon_GIPl.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Druim_Uachdar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Druim Uachdar (page does not exist)">Druimuachdar Summit</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="eHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/20px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/30px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/40px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Dalnaspidal_railway_station" title="Dalnaspidal railway station">Dalnaspidal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="eHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/20px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/30px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/40px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Struan_railway_station" title="Struan railway station">Struan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="eHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/20px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/30px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/40px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Black_Island_Platform_railway_station" title="Black Island Platform railway station">Black Island Platform</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="HST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/20px-BSicon_HST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/30px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/40px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Blair_Atholl_railway_station" title="Blair Atholl railway station">Blair Atholl</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="eHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/20px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/30px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/40px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Killiecrankie_railway_station" title="Killiecrankie railway station">Killiecrankie</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="HST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/20px-BSicon_HST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/30px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/40px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Pitlochry_railway_station" title="Pitlochry railway station">Pitlochry</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exKHSTa"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/BSicon_exKHSTa.svg/20px-BSicon_exKHSTa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/BSicon_exKHSTa.svg/30px-BSicon_exKHSTa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/BSicon_exKHSTa.svg/40px-BSicon_exKHSTa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="STR"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/20px-BSicon_STR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/30px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/40px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Aberfeldy_railway_station" title="Aberfeldy railway station">Aberfeldy</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/20px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/30px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/40px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="STR"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/20px-BSicon_STR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/30px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/40px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Grandtully_railway_station" title="Grandtully railway station">Grandtully</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/20px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/30px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/40px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="STR"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/20px-BSicon_STR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/30px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/40px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Balnaguard_Halt_railway_station" title="Balnaguard Halt railway station">Balnaguard Halt</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exKRWl"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/BSicon_exKRWl.svg/20px-BSicon_exKRWl.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/BSicon_exKRWl.svg/30px-BSicon_exKRWl.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/BSicon_exKRWl.svg/40px-BSicon_exKRWl.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="eKRWg+r"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/BSicon_eKRWg%2Br.svg/20px-BSicon_eKRWg%2Br.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/BSicon_eKRWg%2Br.svg/30px-BSicon_eKRWg%2Br.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/BSicon_eKRWg%2Br.svg/40px-BSicon_eKRWg%2Br.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><i>Aberfeldy Junction</i></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="eHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/20px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/30px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/40px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ballinluig_railway_station" title="Ballinluig railway station">Ballinluig</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="eHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/20px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/30px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/40px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Guay_railway_station" title="Guay railway station">Guay</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="eHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/20px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/30px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/40px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Dalguise_railway_station" title="Dalguise railway station">Dalguise</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="HST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/20px-BSicon_HST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/30px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/40px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Dunkeld_%26_Birnam_railway_station" title="Dunkeld & Birnam railway station">Dunkeld & Birnam</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="CONTf"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/BSicon_CONTf.svg/20px-BSicon_CONTf.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/BSicon_CONTf.svg/30px-BSicon_CONTf.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/BSicon_CONTf.svg/40px-BSicon_CONTf.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr"> </td> <td class="RMr4"><div class="RMsi"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Down arrow" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Arrow_Blue_Down_001.svg/10px-Arrow_Blue_Down_001.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Arrow_Blue_Down_001.svg/15px-Arrow_Blue_Down_001.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Arrow_Blue_Down_001.svg/20px-Arrow_Blue_Down_001.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Perth_%26_Dunkeld_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Perth & Dunkeld Railway">Perth & Dunkeld Railway</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0 3px 0 0;"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td> </td> <td style="padding:0 0 0 3px;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Inverness and Perth Junction Railway</b> (I&PJR) was a railway company that built a line providing a more direct route between <a href="/wiki/Inverness" title="Inverness">Inverness</a> and the south for passengers and goods. Up to the time of its opening, the only route was a circuitous way through <a href="/wiki/Aberdeen" title="Aberdeen">Aberdeen</a>. The I&PJR was built from a junction with the friendly <a href="/wiki/Inverness_and_Aberdeen_Junction_Railway" title="Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway">Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway</a> at <a href="/wiki/Forres" title="Forres">Forres</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Perth_and_Dunkeld_Railway" title="Perth and Dunkeld Railway">Perth and Dunkeld Railway</a> at <a href="/wiki/Dunkeld" title="Dunkeld">Dunkeld</a>. </p><p>It opened for traffic in 1863. The northern part of its route crossed wild and sparsely populated terrain, and the high summits on the line were challenging for the locomotives of the day. In 1865 the Company merged with the Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway, together forming the <a href="/wiki/Highland_Railway" title="Highland Railway">Highland Railway</a>. </p><p>A short branch to <a href="/wiki/Aberfeldy,_Perth_and_Kinross" title="Aberfeldy, Perth and Kinross">Aberfeldy</a> was built by the company 1865, and this closed in 1965. </p><p>Towards the end of the century the Highland Railway came under political pressure from competing railway proposals, and agreed to build a shorter route between Inverness and <a href="/wiki/Aviemore" title="Aviemore">Aviemore</a>, connecting back to the original line there. This opened in 1898. The original route from Forres to Aviemore closed in 1965, but the direct line from Inverness to Perth continues in operation as the <a href="/wiki/Highland_Main_Line" title="Highland Main Line">Highland Main Line</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="A_first_railway_for_Inverness">A first railway for Inverness</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Inverness_and_Perth_Junction_Railway&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: A first railway for Inverness"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Inv_%26_Perth_Jn.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Inv_%26_Perth_Jn.png/220px-Inv_%26_Perth_Jn.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="459" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Inv_%26_Perth_Jn.png/330px-Inv_%26_Perth_Jn.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Inv_%26_Perth_Jn.png/440px-Inv_%26_Perth_Jn.png 2x" data-file-width="735" data-file-height="1533" /></a><figcaption>The Inverness and Perth Junction Railway in 1863</figcaption></figure> <p>As railway construction gathered pace further south, a railway eventually reached Aberdeen along the east coast in 1850. By this time it was commonly understood that any town needed a railway connection if it was to thrive, and a town that failed to get one was doomed.<sup id="cite_ref-thomas314_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thomas314-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Interested parties in Inverness gave thought to getting a railway connection of their own, as they were aware of the commercial and social benefits. However the topographical obstacle of the <a href="/wiki/Monadhliath_Mountains" title="Monadhliath Mountains">Monadhliath Mountains</a> obstructed any route running directly southward, and it was obvious that for the time being, such a railway was impracticable. They contented themselves with reaching Aberdeen, which at least would give them a connection to the south, albeit by a considerably roundabout route.<sup id="cite_ref-thomas217_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thomas217-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Joseph_mitchell.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Joseph_mitchell.jpg/220px-Joseph_mitchell.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="270" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Joseph_mitchell.jpg/330px-Joseph_mitchell.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Joseph_mitchell.jpg/440px-Joseph_mitchell.jpg 2x" data-file-width="976" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Joseph Mitchell</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Mitchell_(engineer)" title="Joseph Mitchell (engineer)">Joseph Mitchell</a> was an engineer based in Inverness, and his dynamic approach coupled with that of business interests in the Burgh, encouraged the development of a practical scheme to reach Aberdeen. Even that was a significant challenge, and the first step recommended by Mitchell, was an eastward railway to <a href="/wiki/Nairn" title="Nairn">Nairn</a> along the coast. The <a href="/wiki/Inverness_and_Nairn_Railway" title="Inverness and Nairn Railway">Inverness and Nairn Railway</a> got its authorising Act of Parliament on 24 July 1854. The future southward trajectory was clearly indicated: the draft Bill was entitled "The Inverness to Perth Railway Section from Inverness to Nairn (or northern section)".<sup id="cite_ref-thomas222_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thomas222-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Nairn line opened on 5 November 1855.<sup id="cite_ref-thomas315_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thomas315-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Connecting_to_Aberdeen">Connecting to Aberdeen</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Inverness_and_Perth_Junction_Railway&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Connecting to Aberdeen"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dalguise_viaduct_(geograph_3418380).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Dalguise_viaduct_%28geograph_3418380%29.jpg/200px-Dalguise_viaduct_%28geograph_3418380%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Dalguise_viaduct_%28geograph_3418380%29.jpg/300px-Dalguise_viaduct_%28geograph_3418380%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Dalguise_viaduct_%28geograph_3418380%29.jpg/400px-Dalguise_viaduct_%28geograph_3418380%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4306" data-file-height="3220" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Dalguise_Viaduct" title="Dalguise Viaduct">Dalguise Viaduct</a>, built in 1863</figcaption></figure><p>Extending from Nairn to Aberdeen was the next step, but this was daunting in its magnitude; an alliance with interests in Aberdeen seemed a possible way forward. After much difficult negotiation, the <a href="/wiki/Great_North_of_Scotland_Railway" title="Great North of Scotland Railway">Great North of Scotland Railway</a> was formed and built a line from Aberdeen to <a href="/wiki/Keith,_Moray" title="Keith, Moray">Keith</a>, opening to that place on 10 October 1856.<sup id="cite_ref-thomas315_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thomas315-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-vallance15_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vallance15-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the western end, the Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway (I&AJR) was formed to build from Nairn to Keith; the I&AJR was authorised by Parliament on 21 July 1856;<sup id="cite_ref-thomas169_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thomas169-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that section opened on 18 August 1858.<sup id="cite_ref-thomas169_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thomas169-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From that date the I&AJR worked the Inverness and Nairn Railway, but for the time being the latter company retained its independent existence. The I&AJR later absorbed the Inverness and Nairn Railway on 17 May 1861.<sup id="cite_ref-vallance19_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vallance19-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Turning_south">Turning south</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Inverness_and_Perth_Junction_Railway&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Turning south"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although this was useful progress, a more direct southward route was still sought, and the technical development of locomotive power had greatly improved, rendering a route climbing over high passes in the mountains at least feasible. The point at which such a line would strike south had originally been intended to be Nairn, but the commercial value of fishing interests further east on the I&AJR was a significant factor, and the southward starting point was altered to be Forres. A prospectus for the formation of the line was issued in 1860.<sup id="cite_ref-sinclair22_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sinclair22-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Inverness and Perth Junction Railway was formed by Act of Parliament on 22 July 1861, with share capital of £654,000.<sup id="cite_ref-carter329_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-carter329-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The route was to involve two summits at high altitude in crossing the mountains. The line would run to Dunkeld and join the existing <a href="/wiki/Perth_and_Dunkeld_Railway" title="Perth and Dunkeld Railway">Perth and Dunkeld Railway</a> there; the P&DR ran from its "Dunkeld" station (actually in Birnam) to <a href="/wiki/Stanley,_Perthshire" title="Stanley, Perthshire">Stanley</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_North_Eastern_Railway" title="Scottish North Eastern Railway">Scottish North Eastern Railway</a>, and running powers into Perth were granted. The 103-mile route from Forres to Aviemore was extremely thinly populated, generating very little intermediate traffic.<sup id="cite_ref-vallance24_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vallance24-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It had a summit altitude at <a href="/wiki/Pass_of_Drumochter" title="Pass of Drumochter">Druimuachdar</a> of 1,484 feet; the summit at Dava was 1,052 feet above sea level.<sup id="cite_ref-vallance197_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vallance197-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway would work the line.<sup id="cite_ref-sinclair22_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sinclair22-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Broomhill_Strathspey.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Broomhill_Strathspey.JPG/200px-Broomhill_Strathspey.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Broomhill_Strathspey.JPG/300px-Broomhill_Strathspey.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Broomhill_Strathspey.JPG/400px-Broomhill_Strathspey.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2288" data-file-height="1712" /></a><figcaption>A view of the Broomhill platform and station buildings looking towards Boat of Garten</figcaption></figure><p>Despite the difficult terrain, there were relatively few major engineering works needed, although a large number of ordinary underbridges were required. The construction needed 8 viaducts, 126 bridges over rivers and streams and 119 over roads.<sup id="cite_ref-thomas234_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thomas234-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Construction was swift, and the line opened in stages: Dunkeld to Pitlochry on 1 June 1863, Forres to Aviemore on 3 August 1863, and the final section from Aviemore to Pitlochry on 9 September 1863.<sup id="cite_ref-vallance24_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vallance24-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-carter260_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-carter260-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The train service was four trains each way daily, one of which conveyed goods; the journey time was between 6 hours and 6hrs 50 minutes.<sup id="cite_ref-sinclair26_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sinclair26-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Joseph Mitchell later recorded that the construction of the line had cost £798,111; land acquisition was £70,000 and parliamentary and preliminary engineering expenses amounted to £50,893: a lower cost per mile than comparable lines. He was also critical of the directors of the company for opening the line before everything was ready and before critical staff had been trained, and there was much disruption to operation in the first few days.<sup id="cite_ref-sinclair26_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sinclair26-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Amalgamation_to_form_the_Highland_Railway">Amalgamation to form the Highland Railway</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Inverness_and_Perth_Junction_Railway&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Amalgamation to form the Highland Railway"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Inverness and Perth Junction Railway absorbed the Perth and Dunkeld Railway on 28 February 1864 under an Act of 1863,<sup id="cite_ref-carter260_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-carter260-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-vallance28_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vallance28-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and it amalgamated with the Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway on 1 February 1865; and the combined company changed its name to the <i>Highland Railway</i> on 29 June 1865 (by the Highland Railway Act).<sup id="cite_ref-ross44_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ross44-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-vallance28_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vallance28-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The I&AJR had already absorbed the <a href="/wiki/Inverness_and_Ross-shire_Railway" title="Inverness and Ross-shire Railway">Inverness and Ross-shire Railway</a>, by Act of 30 June 1862.<sup id="cite_ref-carter329_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-carter329-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-carter318_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-carter318-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-vallance32_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vallance32-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At Perth the Scottish North Eastern Railway used the General station, controlled by the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Central_Railway" title="Scottish Central Railway">Scottish Central Railway</a> (SCR). As guests of the SNER, the Inverness and Perth Junction Railway trains used the General station too. Clearly the SCR had an effective monopoly, and exploited it fully in their usage charges, which were £10,000 in 1865 increasing annually. The SNER and the I&PJR objected to this, without effect, and at one time the Inverness company considered building an independent line from <a href="/wiki/Murthly" title="Murthly">Murthly</a> to Perth; naturally the SCR objected to this, and the scheme did not proceed. For a short time the SNER established a station, Perth Glasgow Road, and terminated its trains there; passengers had to transfer to the General station for onward travel by walking through the street. Arbitration followed, managed by the <a href="/wiki/Great_Western_Railway" title="Great Western Railway">Great Western Railway</a>, and a limit of £5,000 in perpetuity, was determined.<sup id="cite_ref-thomas115_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thomas115-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aberfeldy_branch">Aberfeldy branch</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Inverness_and_Perth_Junction_Railway&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Aberfeldy branch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">United Kingdom legislation</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox vevent mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="font-size:100%"><span style="font-size:125%">Strathtay and Breadalbane Railway Act 1846</span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-weight: bold;">Act of Parliament</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281837%29.svg/140px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281837%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="140" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281837%29.svg/210px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281837%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281837%29.svg/280px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281837%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1550" data-file-height="1550" /></span></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Parliament of the United Kingdom</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Short_and_long_titles" title="Short and long titles">Long title</a></th><td class="infobox-data description">An Act for making a Railway from the Line of the Perth and Inverness Railway to Aberfeldy, to be called "The Strathtay and Breadalbane Railway."</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Citation_of_United_Kingdom_legislation" title="Citation of United Kingdom legislation">Citation</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/9_%26_10_Vict." class="mw-redirect" title="9 & 10 Vict.">9 & 10 Vict.</a> c. cccxvii</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;">Dates</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Royal_assent" title="Royal assent">Royal assent</a></th><td class="infobox-data">3 August 1846</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238216509">.mw-parser-output .vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#b1d2ff}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#0f4dc9}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#0f4dc9}}</style><span class="vanchor"><span id="Strathtay_and_Breadalbane_Railway_Act_1846"></span><span class="vanchor-text">Strathtay and Breadalbane Railway Act 1846</span></span></b> (<a href="/wiki/9_%26_10_Vict." class="mw-redirect" title="9 & 10 Vict.">9 & 10 Vict.</a> c. cccxvii) authorised the Strathtay and Breadalbane Railway to build from the Inverness and Perth line at <a href="/wiki/Ballinluig" title="Ballinluig">Ballinluig</a> to <a href="/wiki/Aberfeldy,_Perth_and_Kinross" title="Aberfeldy, Perth and Kinross">Aberfeldy</a>; it was given<a href="/wiki/Royal_assent" title="Royal assent">royal assent</a> in 1846,<sup id="cite_ref-carter147_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-carter147-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in anticipation of an early Inverness and Perth line, but that was not constructed, and the powers were suspended by Act of 10 June 1847.<sup id="cite_ref-carter597_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-carter597-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When the I&PJR was constructed, the I&PJR company itself built a branch line to Aberfeldy, from <a href="/wiki/Ballinluig" title="Ballinluig">Ballinluig</a> over much the same course as the earlier powers. There were 41 bridges in the nine mile route, which was the most expensive construction per mile in the eventual Highland system.<sup id="cite_ref-sinclair30_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sinclair30-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">8<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">3</span>⁄<span class="den">4</span></span> miles long, and opened on 3 July 1865. There was an intermediate station at <a href="/wiki/Grandtully" title="Grandtully">Grandtully</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-carter329_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-carter329-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-thomas125_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thomas125-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An additional station was opened at Balnaguard on 2 December 1935. </p><p>The entire Aberfeldy branch was closed on 3 May 1965.<sup id="cite_ref-vallance188_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vallance188-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Double_track_on_the_main_line">Double track on the main line</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Inverness_and_Perth_Junction_Railway&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Double track on the main line"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As the end of the nineteenth century approached, train weights on the main line increased considerably with faster, heavier and more frequent passenger trains. The working of banking engines down the gradient after assisting trains up to the summits compounded line capacity difficulties, and it was time to improve matters. The Highland Railway (Additional Powers) Act was passed on 6 August 1897 empowering the company to double the line from Stanley Junction to Aviemore. At Aviemore the new direct line to Inverness (see below) was already under construction. New capital to the amount of £750,000 was part of the authorisation, although much of this was probably allocated to the constriction of the direct line.<sup id="cite_ref-ross103_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ross103-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By 2 July 1900 doubling had been completed from <a href="/wiki/Blair_Atholl" title="Blair Atholl">Blair Atholl</a> to the crossing loop at Dalnacardoch, and was through to Dalnaspidal by 13 May 1901. In the meantime, it had been decided to carry the double track as far as the County March crossing loop, and this was reached on 10 June 1901. The section from County March to <a href="/wiki/Dalwhinnie" title="Dalwhinnie">Dalwhinnie</a> was completed by 17 May 1910. "County March" had been a crossing place, and the name was now replaced by Druimuachdar Summit. Although the Parliamentary powers were extended in 1905 and again in 1915, no more doubling of the existing route was carried out.<sup id="cite_ref-ross103_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ross103-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Inverness_and_Aviemore_Direct_Railway">Inverness and Aviemore Direct Railway</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Inverness_and_Perth_Junction_Railway&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Inverness and Aviemore Direct Railway"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Inverness_and_Aviemore_Direct_Railway" title="Inverness and Aviemore Direct Railway">Inverness and Aviemore Direct Railway</a></div> <p>In time, the eastward sweep from Inverness to Aviemore was seen to be an unnecessary complication, particularly as increasing traffic volumes came from the Dingwall section. Moreover, the Great North of Scotland Railway was known to be planning a new line from <a href="/wiki/Elgin,_Moray" title="Elgin, Moray">Elgin, Moray</a> to Inverness, and the <a href="/wiki/West_Highland_Railway" title="West Highland Railway">West Highland Railway</a> was planning an approach up the <a href="/wiki/Great_Glen" title="Great Glen">Great Glen</a> from <a href="/wiki/Fort_William,_Highland" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort William, Highland">Fort William.</a> Parliament was expected to be sympathetic to those proposals if the Highland Railway was not improving its line for the benefit of its own customers. </p><p>In 1883 therefore steps were taken to build a shorter and more direct route from Inverness to Aviemore, the Inverness and Aviemore Direct Railway, informally known as the Carr Bridge route, in distinction to the designation of the original course as the Dava route. This was authorised on 28 July 1884.<sup id="cite_ref-vallance175_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vallance175-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The spelling Carr Bridge was used at first, generally superseded by Carrbridge after a short time.<sup id="cite_ref-ross103_25-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ross103-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In any event, for the Highland Railway this was the most important development of the decade. The cut-off was <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">34<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> miles of new line between Aviemore and Inverness. The Highland Railway did not hasten to construct the authorised line, and eventually four extensions of time to complete the line were granted - two before and two during construction.<sup id="cite_ref-ross103_25-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ross103-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Direct Line was opened in stages: from Aviemore to Carr Bridge on 6 July 1892; from Carr Bridge to <a href="/wiki/Daviot,_Highland" title="Daviot, Highland">Daviot</a> on 8 July 1897; and finally from Daviot to Inverness (Millburn Junction) on 1 November 1898.<sup id="cite_ref-thomas317_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thomas317-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Direct Line had a new summit, at Slochd, 1,315 feet.<sup id="cite_ref-vallance197_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vallance197-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operational_issues">Operational issues</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Inverness_and_Perth_Junction_Railway&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Operational issues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The steep gradients on the line, both via Dava and via Carrbridge, required extensive double-heading of trains. The Highland Railway constructed a number of 0-6-4T locomotives for banking goods trains. In 1909, the <a href="/wiki/North_British_Locomotive_Company" title="North British Locomotive Company">North British Locomotive Company</a> built four powerful 0-6-4 tank engines to the design of <a href="/wiki/Peter_Drummond_(engineer)" title="Peter Drummond (engineer)">Peter Drummond</a>, for use as banking engines. Four more were delivered in 1911. These were the HR's largest tank engines and worked mostly between Blair Atholl and Dalnaspidal on banking duties, and on local services between Blair Atholl and Perth. They were withdrawn between 1932 and the end of 1936.<sup id="cite_ref-ross155_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ross155-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Until 1907 all goods trains on the line had an additional brake van in the middle of the train to ensure sufficient brake power on the downhill sections. Two dozen sprags were kept, spaced at intervals, beside the line near Slochd summit in case of emergencies.<sup id="cite_ref-hunter12_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hunter12-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Closure_of_the_Dava_section">Closure of the Dava section</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Inverness_and_Perth_Junction_Railway&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Closure of the Dava section"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Carrbridge route did not abstract all the through traffic from the Dava route, and many through trains continued to use it. However in time it became apparent that the retention of two lengthy mountain routes was unsustainable, and steps were taken to close the Dava route. It was closed on 18 October 1965, together with numerous intermediate stations on the remainder of the route. The original Inverness and Perth Junction Railway route between Aviemore and Stanley Junction continued to carry trains on the Inverness main line, which of course used the Carrbridge route north of Aviemore. </p><p>A goods service to <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Dhu_distillery" title="Dallas Dhu distillery">Dallas Dhu distillery</a> was continued to Forres East until 21 May 1967, and that short section of line was officially closed on 30 June 1967. Forres West curve was retained until 15 August 1966. The line from Aviemore to <a href="/wiki/Boat_of_Garten" title="Boat of Garten">Boat of Garten</a> continued in use for goods traffic until 16 June 1969.<sup id="cite_ref-vallance188_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vallance188-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Strathspey_Railway">Strathspey Railway</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Inverness_and_Perth_Junction_Railway&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Strathspey Railway"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following closure of the section north of Aviemore, the <a href="/wiki/Strathspey_Railway_(preserved)" title="Strathspey Railway (preserved)">Strathspey Railway</a> heritage line has reopened the line north from Aviemore to Boat of Garten with services beginning in 1978. This was extended to Broomhill in 2002, making a total distance of about ten miles. The long-term aim is to reopen as far as Grantown-on-Spey. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Locations">Locations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Inverness_and_Perth_Junction_Railway&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Locations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Forres; opened 25 March 1858 for Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway; replaced by station aligned for Dava route on 3 August 1863; still open;</li> <li>Rafford; opened 3 August 1863; closed 31 May 1865;</li> <li>Dunphail; opened 3 August 1863; closed 18 October 1965;</li> <li>Dava; opened 1 November 1864; closed 18 October 1965;</li> <li><i>Dava summit</i>; 1,052 feet;</li> <li>Castle Grant Platform; opened 1938; closed 1949;</li> <li>Grantown; opened 3 August 1863; renamed Grantown-on-Spey 1 June 1912; renamed Grantown-on-Spey West 5 June 1950; closed 18 October 1965;</li> <li>Broom Hill; opened 3 August 1863; closed 18 October 1965;</li> <li>Boat of Garten; junction with <a href="/wiki/Strathspey_Railway_(GNoSR)" title="Strathspey Railway (GNoSR)">Strathspey Railway (GNoSR)</a>; opened 3 August 1863; closed 18 October 1965;</li> <li>Aviemore; junction with <a href="/wiki/Inverness_and_Aviemore_Direct_Railway" title="Inverness and Aviemore Direct Railway">Inverness and Aviemore Direct Railway</a>; opened 3 August 1863; still open;</li> <li>Boat of Insch; opened 9 September 1863; renamed Kincraig 1 September 1871; closed 18 October 1965;</li> <li>Kingussie; opened 9 September 1863; still open;</li> <li>Newtonmore; opened 9 September 1863; still open;</li> <li>Dalwhinnie; opened 9 September 1863; still open;</li> <li>Druimuachdar Summit; 1484 feet;</li> <li>Dalnaspidal; opened June 1864; closed 3 May 1965;</li> <li>Struan; opened 9 September 1863; closed 3 May 1965;</li> <li>Black Island Platform; first used 17 June to 2 July 1904; not in public timetable; closed 11 April 1959;</li> <li>Blair Athole; opened 9 September 1863; renamed Blair Atholl 7 September 1893; still open;</li> <li>Killiecrankie; opened 1 July 1864; closed 3 May 1965;</li> <li>Pitlochry; opened 1 June 1863; still open;</li> <li><i>Aberfeldy Junction</i>;</li> <li>Ballinluig; opened 1 June 1863; closed 3 May 1965;</li> <li>Guay; opened 1 June 1863; closed 3 August 1959;</li> <li>Dalguise; opened 1 June 1863; closed 3 May 1965;</li> <li>Dunkeld & Birnam; end on connection with <a href="/wiki/Perth_and_Dunkeld_Railway" title="Perth and Dunkeld Railway">Perth and Dunkeld Railway</a>; opened 7 April 1856; still open</li> <li>Rohillion;</li> <li>Murthly;</li> <li><i>Stanley Junction</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-quick_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-quick-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Aberfeldy_branch_2">Aberfeldy branch</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Inverness_and_Perth_Junction_Railway&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Aberfeldy branch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Aberfeldy; opened 3 July 1865; closed 3 May 1965;</li> <li>Grandtully; opened 3 July 1865; closed 3 May 1965;</li> <li>Balnaguard; opened 2 December 1935; closed 3 May 1965;</li> <li>Ballinluig; main line station.<sup id="cite_ref-quick_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-quick-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Current_operations">Current operations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Inverness_and_Perth_Junction_Railway&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Current operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The part of the line between Aviemore and Stanley Junction continues in use in 2022, as part of the <a href="/wiki/Highland_Main_Line" title="Highland Main Line">Highland Main Line</a>; passenger services are operated by <a href="/wiki/ScotRail" title="ScotRail">ScotRail</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Strathspey_Railway_(preserved)" title="Strathspey Railway (preserved)">Strathspey Railway heritage line</a> operates between Aviemore and <a href="/wiki/Broomhill_railway_station" title="Broomhill railway station">Broomhill</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Inverness_and_Perth_Junction_Railway&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Claud Hamilton Ellis wrote a detailed description of the Dava route in the Railway Magazine, January 1934. It is entitled <i>Inverness via Dava</i> and is illustrated with numerous photographs taken by Hamilton Ellis. </p><p>O S Nock wrote a description of the line concentrating on operational and locomotive matters, entitled <i>The Highland Main Line</i>. It appeared in two parts in the Railway Magazine in January 1939 and April 1939. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Inverness_and_Perth_Junction_Railway&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-thomas314_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">John Thomas and David Turnock, <i>A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Volume 15, North of Scotland</i>, David and Charles, Newton Abbot, 1989, ISBN 0 946537 03 8, page 314</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-thomas217-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-thomas217_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Thomas and Turnock, pages 217 and 218</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-thomas222-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-thomas222_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Thomas and Turnock, page 222</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-thomas315-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-thomas315_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-thomas315_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Thomas and Turnock, pages 315 and 316</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-vallance15-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-vallance15_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">H E Vallance et al, <i>The Highland Railway</i>, David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1938, extended edition 1985, ISBN 0-946537-24-0, pages 15 and 16</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-thomas169-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-thomas169_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-thomas169_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Thomas and Turnock, page 169</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-vallance19-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-vallance19_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Vallance et al, page 19</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-sinclair22-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-sinclair22_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-sinclair22_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Neil T Sinclair, <i>The Highland Main Line</i>, Atlantic Publishers, Penryn, 1998, ISBN 0 906899 96 6, page 22</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-carter329-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-carter329_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-carter329_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-carter329_9-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">E F Carter, <i>An Historical Geography of the Railways of the British Isles</i>, Cassell, London, 1959, pages 329 and 330</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-vallance24-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-vallance24_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-vallance24_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Vallance et al, pages 24 and 25</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-vallance197-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-vallance197_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-vallance197_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Vallance et al, page 197</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-thomas234-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-thomas234_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Thomas and Turnock, page 234</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-carter260-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-carter260_13-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-carter260_13-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Carter, page 260</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-sinclair26-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-sinclair26_14-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-sinclair26_14-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Sinclair, page 26 to 28</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-vallance28-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-vallance28_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-vallance28_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Vallance et al, pages 28 and 29</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ross44-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ross44_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ross, page 44</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-carter318-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-carter318_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Carter, page 318</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-vallance32-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-vallance32_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Vallance et al, page 32</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-thomas115-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-thomas115_19-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Thomas and Turnock, page 115</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-carter147-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-carter147_20-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Carter, page 147</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-carter597-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-carter597_21-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Carter, page 597</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-sinclair30-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-sinclair30_22-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Sinclair, page 30</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-thomas125-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-thomas125_23-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Thomas and Turnock, page 125</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-vallance188-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-vallance188_24-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-vallance188_24-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Vallance et al, page 188</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ross103-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ross103_25-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ross103_25-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ross103_25-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ross103_25-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Ross, pages 103 and 104</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-vallance175-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-vallance175_26-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Vallance et al, page 175</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-thomas317-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-thomas317_27-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Thomas and Turnock, page 317</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ross155-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ross155_28-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ross, page 155</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-hunter12-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-hunter12_29-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">D L G Hunter, <i>The Highland Railway in Retrospect</i>, Moorfoot Publishing, Edinburgh, 1988, ISBN 0 906606 14 4, page 12</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-quick-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-quick_30-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-quick_30-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">M E Quick, <i>Railway Passenger Stations in England, Wales and Scotland: A Chronology</i>, version 5.03, September 2021, Railway and Canal Historical Society, electronic download, alphabetically laid out</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <p><br /> </p> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline 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Railway">Caledonian Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_and_South_Western_Railway" title="Glasgow and South Western Railway">Glasgow and South Western Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_North_of_Scotland_Railway" title="Great North of Scotland Railway">Great North of Scotland Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highland_Railway" title="Highland Railway">Highland Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_British_Railway" title="North British Railway">North British Railway</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Caledonian<br />Railway</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aberdeen_Railway" title="Aberdeen Railway">Aberdeen Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alloa_Railway" title="Alloa Railway">Alloa Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alyth_Railway" title="Alyth Railway">Alyth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arbroath_and_Forfar_Railway" title="Arbroath and Forfar Railway">Arbroath and Forfar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Busby_Railway" title="Busby Railway">Busby Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cathcart_District_Railway" title="Cathcart District Railway">Cathcart District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clydesdale_Junction_Railway" title="Clydesdale Junction Railway">Clydesdale Junction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crieff_Junction_Railway" title="Crieff Junction Railway">Crieff Junction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crieff_and_Comrie_Railway" title="Crieff and Comrie Railway">Crieff and Comrie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crieff_and_Methven_Junction_Railway" title="Crieff and Methven Junction Railway">Crieff and Methven Junction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dumfries,_Lochmaben_and_Lockerbie_Railway" title="Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Railway">Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunblane,_Doune_and_Callander_Railway" title="Dunblane, Doune and Callander Railway">Dunblane, Doune and Callander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dundee_and_Perth_Railway" title="Dundee and Perth Railway">Dundee and Perth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dundee_and_Perth_Railway" title="Dundee and Perth Railway">Dundee and Perth and Aberdeen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forfar_and_Brechin_Railway" title="Forfar and Brechin Railway">Forfar and Brechin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Terminus_and_Glasgow_Harbour_Railway" title="General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour Railway">General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garnkirk_and_Glasgow_Railway" title="Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway">Garnkirk and Glasgow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Central_Railway" title="Glasgow Central Railway">Glasgow Central Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow,_Paisley_and_Greenock_Railway" title="Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway">Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenock_and_Wemyss_Bay_Railway" title="Greenock and Wemyss Bay Railway">Greenock and Wemyss Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_and_Strathaven_Railway" title="Hamilton and Strathaven Railway">Hamilton and Strathaven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lanarkshire_and_Ayrshire_Railway" title="Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway">Lanarkshire and Ayrshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lanarkshire_and_Dumbartonshire_Railway" title="Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway">Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leadhills_and_Wanlockhead_Branch" title="Leadhills and Wanlockhead Branch">Leadhills and Wanlockhead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lesmahagow_Railway" title="Lesmahagow Railway">Lesmahagow Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lochearnhead,_St_Fillans_and_Comrie_Railway" title="Lochearnhead, St Fillans and Comrie Railway">Lochearnhead, St Fillans and Comrie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paisley_and_Barrhead_District_Railway" title="Paisley and Barrhead District Railway">Paisley and Barrhead District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perth,_Almond_Valley_and_Methven_Railway" title="Perth, Almond Valley and Methven Railway">Perth, Almond Valley and Methven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polloc_and_Govan_Railway" title="Polloc and Govan Railway">Polloc and Govan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rutherglen_and_Coatbridge_Railway" title="Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway">Rutherglen and Coatbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Central_Railway" title="Scottish Central Railway">Scottish Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Midland_Junction_Railway" title="Scottish Midland Junction Railway">Scottish Midland Junction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_North_Eastern_Railway" title="Scottish North Eastern Railway">Scottish North Eastern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solway_Junction_Railway" title="Solway Junction Railway">Solway Junction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Symington,_Biggar_and_Broughton_Railway" title="Symington, Biggar and Broughton Railway">Symington, Biggar and Broughton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Talla_Railway" title="Talla Railway">Talla Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wishaw_and_Coltness_Railway" title="Wishaw and Coltness Railway">Wishaw and Coltness</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Lines built by the Caledonian Railway</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Balerno_line" title="Balerno line">Balerno line</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cleland_and_Midcalder_Line" title="Cleland and Midcalder Line">CR Cleland and Midcalder</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Caledonian_Main_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Caledonian Main Line">CR Main Line</a></dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Douglas_Branch_(Caledonian_Railway)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Douglas Branch (Caledonian Railway) (page does not exist)">CR Douglas Branch</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Branch_(railway)" title="Hamilton Branch (railway)">CR Hamilton Branch</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Hamiltonhill_Branch" title="Hamiltonhill Branch">CR Hamiltonhill Branch</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/The_Switchback" title="The Switchback">CR The Switchback</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>Independent lines worked by the Caledonian Railway</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Callander_and_Oban_Railway" title="Callander and Oban Railway">Callander and Oban</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Killin_Railway" title="Killin Railway">Killin Railway</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Glasgow and South <br /> Western Railway</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ardrossan_Railway" title="Ardrossan Railway">Ardrossan Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ardrossan_Railway" title="Ardrossan Railway">Ardrossan and Johnstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayr_and_Dalmellington_Railway" title="Ayr and Dalmellington Railway">Ayr and Dalmellington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayr_and_Maybole_Junction_Railway" title="Ayr and Maybole Junction Railway">Ayr and Maybole Junction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayr_to_Mauchline_Branch" title="Ayr to Mauchline Branch">Ayr to Mauchline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Girvan_and_Portpatrick_Junction_Railway" title="Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway">Ayrshire and Wigtownshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barrhead_Branch" title="Barrhead Branch">Barrhead Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridge_of_Weir_Railway" title="Bridge of Weir Railway">Bridge of Weir Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cairn_Valley_Light_Railway" title="Cairn Valley Light Railway">Cairn Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caledonian_and_Dumbartonshire_Junction_Railway" title="Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway">Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castle_Douglas_and_Dumfries_Railway" title="Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway">Castle Douglas and Dumfries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dalry_and_North_Johnstone_Line" title="Dalry and North Johnstone Line">Dalry and North Johnstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darvel_Branch" title="Darvel Branch">Darvel Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Girvan_and_Portpatrick_Junction_Railway" title="Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway">Girvan and Portpatrick Junction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow,_Dumfries_and_Carlisle_Railway" title="Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway">Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow,_Paisley,_Kilmarnock_and_Ayr_Railway" title="Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway">Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenock_and_Ayrshire_Railway" title="Greenock and Ayrshire Railway">Greenock and Ayrshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilmarnock_and_Troon_Railway" title="Kilmarnock and Troon Railway">Kilmarnock and Troon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Largs_Branch" title="Largs Branch">Largs Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maidens_and_Dunure_Light_Railway" title="Maidens and Dunure Light Railway">Maidens and Dunure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maybole_and_Girvan_Railway" title="Maybole and Girvan Railway">Maybole and Girvan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paisley_and_Renfrew_Railway" title="Paisley and Renfrew Railway">Paisley and Renfrew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paisley_Canal_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Paisley Canal Line">Paisley Canal Line</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Great North of <br /> Scotland Railway</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Banff,_Macduff_and_Turriff_Junction_Railway" title="Banff, Macduff and Turriff Junction Railway">Aberdeen and Turriff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deeside_Railway" title="Deeside Railway">Aboyne and Braemar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alford_Valley_Railway_(GNoSR)" title="Alford Valley Railway (GNoSR)">Alford Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banff,_Macduff_and_Turriff_Junction_Railway" title="Banff, Macduff and Turriff Junction Railway">Banff, Macduff and Turriff Junction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banff,_Portsoy_and_Strathisla_Railway" title="Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Railway">Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boddam_Branch_(GNoSR)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Boddam Branch (GNoSR) (page does not exist)">Boddam Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deeside_Railway" title="Deeside Railway">Deeside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denburn_Valley_Line" title="Denburn Valley Line">Denburn Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Formartine_and_Buchan_Railway" title="Formartine and Buchan Railway">Formartine and Buchan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inverury_and_Old_Meldrum_Junction_Railway" title="Inverury and Old Meldrum Junction Railway">Inverury and Old Meldrum Junction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_and_Dufftown_Railway_(GNoSR)" title="Keith and Dufftown Railway (GNoSR)">Keith and Dufftown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moray_Coast_Railway" title="Moray Coast Railway">Moray Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morayshire_Railway" title="Morayshire Railway">Morayshire</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=St_Combs_Light_Railway_(GNoSR)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="St Combs Light Railway (GNoSR) (page does not exist)">St Combs Light Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strathspey_Railway_(GNoSR)" title="Strathspey Railway (GNoSR)">Strathspey Railway</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Highland Railway</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buckie_and_Portessie_Branch" title="Buckie and Portessie Branch">Buckie and Portessie Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dingwall_and_Skye_Railway" title="Dingwall and Skye Railway">Dingwall and Skye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Sutherland%27s_Railway" title="Duke of Sutherland's Railway">Duke of Sutherland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inverness_and_Aberdeen_Junction_Railway#Findhorn_Railway" title="Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway">Findhorn Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fortrose_Branch" title="Fortrose Branch">Fortrose Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inverness_and_Aberdeen_Junction_Railway" title="Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway">Inverness and Aberdeen Junction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inverness_and_Aviemore_Direct_Railway" title="Inverness and Aviemore Direct Railway">Inverness and Aviemore Direct</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inverness_and_Nairn_Railway" title="Inverness and Nairn Railway">Inverness and Nairn</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Inverness and Perth Junction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inverness_and_Ross-shire_Railway" title="Inverness and Ross-shire Railway">Inverness and Ross-shire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dingwall_and_Skye_Railway" title="Dingwall and Skye Railway">Kyle of Lochalsh Extension</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perth_and_Dunkeld_Railway" title="Perth and Dunkeld Railway">Perth and Dunkeld</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sutherland_and_Caithness_Railway" title="Sutherland and Caithness Railway">Sutherland and Caithness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sutherland_Railway" title="Sutherland Railway">Sutherland Railway</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Independent lines worked by the Highland Railway</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Dornoch_Light_Railway" title="Dornoch Light Railway">Dornoch Light Railway</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Wick_and_Lybster_Light_Railway" title="Wick and Lybster Light Railway">Wick and Lybster Light Railway</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">North British<br />Railway</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aberlady,_Gullane_and_North_Berwick_Railway" title="Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Railway">Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fife_Coast_Railway#Anstruther_and_St_Andrews_Railway" title="Fife Coast Railway">Anstruther and St Andrews Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballochney_Railway" title="Ballochney Railway">Ballochney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bathgate_and_Coatbridge_Railway" title="Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway">Bathgate and Coatbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blane_Valley_Railway" title="Blane Valley Railway">Blane Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Border_Counties_Railway" title="Border Counties Railway">Border Counties Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Border_Union_Railway" title="Border Union Railway">Border Union Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campsie_Branch_(E%26GR)" class="mw-redirect" title="Campsie Branch (E&GR)">Campsie Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlisle_and_Silloth_Bay_Railway_and_Dock_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock Company">Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_mineral_railways_of_Dunfermline#Charlestown_Railway_and_Harbour_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="The mineral railways of Dunfermline">Charlestown Railway and Harbour Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coatbridge_Branch_(NBR)" title="Coatbridge Branch (NBR)">Coatbridge Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devon_Valley_Railway" title="Devon Valley Railway">Devon Valley Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunfermline_and_Queensferry_Railway" title="Dunfermline and Queensferry Railway">Dunfermline and Queensferry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fife_Coast_Railway#East_of_Fife_Railway" title="Fife Coast Railway">East of Fife Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_to_Bathgate_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Edinburgh to Bathgate Line">Edinburgh and Bathgate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_and_Dalkeith_Railway" title="Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway">Edinburgh and Dalkeith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_and_Glasgow_Railway" title="Edinburgh and Glasgow 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