Inverness and Perth Junction Railway

rdf:langString Inverness and Perth Junction Railway

rdf:langString Inverness and Perth Junction Railway

rdf:langString A stretch of the former trackbed near Muir of Logie, Aberdeenshire

rdf:langString The Inverness and Perth Junction Railway (I&PJR) was a railway company that built a line providing a more direct route between Inverness and the south for passengers and goods. Up to the time of its opening, the only route was a circuitous way through Aberdeen. The I&PJR was built from a junction with the friendly Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway at Forres to the Perth and Dunkeld Railway at Dunkeld. 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 Highland Railway. A short branch to Aberfeldy was built by the company 1865, and this closed in 1965. 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 Aviemore, 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 Highland Main Line.