Diesel Passenger Train Arriving At The Railway Station On History Visit To Perth Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K travel video clip of a diesel high speed passenger train arriving at the railway station on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Perth, Perthshire, Britain, United Kindom. The train was travelling from Inverness in the Scottish Highlands to Edinburgh. The station, designed by Sir William Tite, won an architecture prize. William Tite was born in the parish of St Bartholomew the Great in the City of London, England, in February 1798, the son of a merchant in Russian goods named Arthur Tite. He was articled to David Laing, architect of the new Custom House, and surveyor to the Parish of St Dunstan-in-the-East. Tite assisted Laing in the rebuilding of St Dunstan's church: according to an article published in the Architect in 1869, Tite entirely designed the new building, Laing himself having no knowledge of Gothic architecture. In 1827 Tite built the Scottish church in Regent Square, St Pancras, London, for Edward Irving, in a Gothic Revival style, partly inspired by York Minster, and ten years later collaborated with Charles Robert Cockerell in designing the London & Westminster Bank head office in Lothbury, also in the city. Tite was the architect for the Eastern Counties, London and Blackwall, Gravesend and South Western Railways, and in France those between Paris and Rouen and Rouen and Le Havre; Tite's active work as an architect ceased about twenty years before his death in recognition of his contributions, however, he was awarded the RIBA Royal Gold Medal in 1856. Tite died on 20 April 1873 at Torquay and was interred in the catacombs of his South Metropolitan Cemetery. Tite Street, which runs north west from London's Chelsea Embankment, is named after him. Tite was a member of the Metropolitan Board of Works, largely responsible for the construction of Chelsea Embankment. Perth railway station has seven platforms, five of which are " through " platforms. There are two main routes passing through the station - the Glasgow to Dundee and Aberdeen Line and the Highland Main Line, whilst there is now also a regular service to and from Edinburgh via the Fife Coast. Services to both Glasgow Queen Street and Edinburgh Waverley depart hourly, with some extras to Glasgow, as do those to Aberdeen via Dundee, Carnoustie and Arbroath. Trains to Inverness are somewhat irregular, but run at least once every two hours with eleven departures in all on weekdays and Saturdays and seven on Sundays. The daily, overnight, Caledonian Sleeper service between Inverness and London Euston and the daily London North Eastern Railway Highland Chieftain service between Inverness and London King's Cross, England, call at this station. Spring in the United Kingdom depends on whether you are following the astronomical or metrological calendar. The date for astronomical spring is Sunday 20th March 2022, ending on Tuesday 21st June, while by the meteorological calendar, spring will start on Tuesday 1st March. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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