The Glenfarg Railway

Opening in 1890, the Glenfarg Railway was a twin track line linking Mawcarse Junction with the Bridge of Earn. The line opened at the same time as the Forth Railway Bridge and helped to provide a direct rail link between Edinburgh and Perth.

Glenfarg wasn't the easiest of places to thread a railway through due to the steep sides of the gorge and the rolling hills that define the Kinross-shire landscape. This meant that two viaducts and two tunnels had to be constructed. Glenfarg North and Glenfarg South tunnels are 507 and 517 yards long respectively and they both pioneered a concrete lining.

As the line formed part of the direct route between Edinburgh and Perth, it managed to avoid the Beeching cuts. However, the line succumbed to closure in 1970 when it was deemed that the M90 would be of more importance. The M90 now occupies parts of the line's former trackbed around Glenfarg village and on the Balmanno Hill climb. Understandably, the motorway's route doesn't enter the wooded gorge of Glenfarg, leaving some great pieces of former railway infrastructure in place.

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