Perth Station
An important junction, designed by Sir William Tite and owned by three companies,
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Leonard Street, Perth, Perth & Kinross PH2 8RT
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This large buidling was designed as a joint station by Sir William Tite and opened in 1848. Although much expanded beyond the original structure, this handsome building is still readily identifiable, although it now sits on an extremely wide island platform. It has seven platforms, five of which are "through" platforms
It is a two storey Tudor style building with a marked resemblance to Carlisle Citadel Station, by the same architect. A bay window remains which used to be part of the signal box, and there is a famously large clock. The station lies north/south and the line eastward to Dundee leaves on a sharp curve.
In the late victorian era traffic was intense during the summer as trains from all over England arrived to be marshalled for the long journey northward on the Highland Railway. An observer in 1888 noted a train of 37 carriages from eight different railway companies heading for the north.
By road: Off Glasgow Street just west of the town centre.
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