Old Photograph Railway Station Crook Of Devon Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Crook Of Devon, Perthshire, Scotland. Until quite recently the official name of this Scottish village was Fossoway but this has been usurped by the widely used nickname " crook of devon ". The latter name derives from the sudden angle, or crook, which the River Devon makes near the village. It was famous in the 17th century for witch burnings. The Devon Valley Railway linked Alloa and Kinross in central Scotland, along a route following the valley of the River Devon. Its construction took 20 years from the first section opening in 1851, to the final section in 1871. Three railway companies were involved, and it encountered a great many problems both with finance and engineering. The line provided the missing link of a secondary route from the River Clyde to the River Tay by joining the Stirling and Dunfermline Railway with the Fife and Kinross Railway. Leaving the main Stirling to Dunfermline line at Alloa, other stations were built at Sauchie, Tillicoultry, Dollar, Rumbling Bridge, Crook of Devon, Balado and Kinross, where it joined the main Perth to Edinburgh line. The railway was independent but worked by the North British Railway until 1875 when it was absorbed by the major company. In 1923 following the grouping it became part of LNER then, following nationalisation in 1947, was taken over by British Railways. The line closed to passengers in 1964 and to all traffic in 1973.



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