A regular service from Dundee West to Edinburgh Princes Street via Perth continued, a remnant of the Caledonian Railway. The three terminal stations at Dundee were retained for the time being, the cramped accommodation at the former NBR Tay Bridge station deterring the obvious rationalisation. The decline in local passenger use was a greater factor, and Dundee West station was closed on 3 May 1965. Current operations Except for the spur into Dundee West station, the line is still open with passenger services provided by ScotRail. The only remaining intermediate station is at . Topography The main line opened on 24 May 1847 between Barnhill and the D&PR station at Dundee. Perth (General); originally Scottish Central Railway station; D&PR trains used the main station at first by a reversal; Dundee Dock opened October 1862; through platforms for the Dundee line were provided from 1885; Perth, Princes Street; opened 1 March 1849, as a terminus until the service was extended to Perth General; closed 1 January 1917; reopened 2 June 1919; closed 28 February 1966; Barnhill; opened 24 May 1847 as a terminus until the service was extended to Princes Street; closed on 1 March 1849; Kinfauns; closed 2 January 1950; Glencarse; closed 11 June 1956; Errol; closed 28 September 1985; Inchture; station and trailing junction from Inchture Village; closed 11 June 1956; Longforgan; may have opened some time after opening of the line; closed 11 June 1956; Invergowrie; Ninewells Junction; station closed 1865. Trailing junction from the Dundee and Newtyle Railway; Magdalen Green; opened June 1878; closed 11 June 1956; Dundee Union Street; renamed Dundee West 1866; closed 3 May 1965. Inchture Village; opened 1 February 1848; closed 1 January 1917. Archives The archives of the Dundee and Perth and Aberdeen Railway Junction Company, which include those of the Dundee and Perth Railway Company are held at the University of Dundee as part of the Shiell and Small, Solicitors Collection. The same collection also includes the records of the Dundee and Newtyle Railway Company. References Notes Sources External links Railscot on Dundee and Perth Railway Caledonian Railway Pre-grouping British railway companies Early Scottish railway companies Railway companies established in 1845 Railway lines opened in 1848 Railway companies disestablished in 1863 Transport in Dundee British companies disestablished in 1863 British companies established in 1845