Records of the Edinburgh, Perth & Dundee Railway, and Dundee & Arbroath Railway, Scotland

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Scope and Content

  • Memorandum of agreement between the Edinburgh, Perth & Dundee Railway, and Dundee & Arbroath Railway over a joint station at Dundee 1854
  • Agreement between the two companies concerning charges for good and cattle traffic 1854
  • Agreements concerning movement of goods traffic 1859

Administrative / Biographical History

The Edinburgh, Perth & Dundee Railway , Scotland, was formed in 1847  by the Edinburgh & Northern Railway when it purchased and amalgamated the Edinburgh, Leith & Granton Railway and the Granton-Burntisland ferries. The Dundee & Arbroath Railway , Scotland, was opened in stages between 1848  and 1857  from Arbroath, Angus, through to Dundee. In 1854  it was agreed that the two companies would occupy a joint station at Dundee.

Source: David Thomas,A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Scotland(Newton Abbot, 1971)

Arrangement

The arrangement of this material reflects the original order in which it was received

Access Information

Open

Acquisition Information

Loan : Thomson, Dickson & Shaw: Edinburgh : prior to 1966

Other Finding Aids

The archive forms part of the Scottish Railways Collection held by Glasgow University Archive Services, finding aid reference GB 248 UGD 008

Digital file level list available in searchroom

Manual file level list available at the National Registers of Archives in Edinburgh (NRA(S)1631) and London (NRA21659)

Alternative Form Available

No known copies

Conditions Governing Use

Applications for permission to quote should be sent to the University Archivist

Reproduction subject to usual conditions: educational use & condition of documents

Appraisal Information

This material has been appraised in line with standard GB 248 procedures

Custodial History

Held by Thomson, Dickson & Shaw, solicitors, Edinburgh

Accruals

None expected

Related Material

GB 542 Glynn-Gladstone MSS Correspondence and papers of the Edinburgh, Perth & Dundee Railway (St Deniol's Library, Hawarden)

GB 234 BR/EDP Records of the Edinburgh, Perth & Dundee Railway (National Archives of Scotland)

GB 234 BR/DAR Minutes of the Dundee & Arbroath Railway (National Archives of Scotland)

GB 618 MS 718 Records of the Dundee & Arbroath Railway (Angus Archives)

GB 248 UGD 008 The Scottish Railway Collection

For contact details of all repositories with a GB code, see the Archon repository search page

Bibliography

J R Kellet,Railways and Victorian Cities(London, 1979)

Additional Information

This material is original

Revised by Lesley Richmond, Director of Archive Services, 26 April 2002