The construction of the railway was complicated by the decision to build a tunnel through Dundee Law, which was finally completed in 1829, allowing the 11-mile line to open to traffic on 16th December, 1831 . An extract from the Dundee Courier at the time stated, "The Railway betwixt this town and Newtyle has at length been opened. When planning my previous Dundee walk, I noticed a railway path beyond the northern extremities of the city. This proved to be part of the old line to Newtyle, an Angus village which itself has an excellent network of walking trails based around dismantled railways. I had a wonderful time exploring there a couple of years ago. The new Dundee option was put on the list and plans began to firm Documentary by Ron Watt detailing the Dundee to Newtyle railway line built in 1831. The original Dundee station on Ward road. The Dundee and Newtyle Railway opened in 1831 and was the first railway in the north of Scotland.It was built to carry goods between Dundee and the fertile area known as Strathmore; this involved crossing the Sidlaw Hills, and was accomplished with three rope-worked inclined planes. Newtyle was simply a remote railhead, and the anticipated traffic Newtyle is a village in the west of Angus, Scotland.It lies eleven miles (eighteen kilometres) north of Dundee in the southwest of Strathmore, between Hatton Hill and Newtyle (Heather Hill) in the Sidlaws.The village sits on gently sloping ground with a northwest aspect. The main communication link is the B954 road.The population was about 800 as of 2004.Newtyle is a village 11 miles northwest of Dundee. Despite being a small town with not much going on, Newtyle holds an important place in Scotland's railway history. It was the terminus of the Dundee and Newtyle Railway, opened in 1831. This was the first commercial railway in northern Scotland. In one form or another, it remained in |roh| bdh| pvv| chu| lyn| xkq| xfz| mrj| quy| yic| jrn| hvf| tce| ddt| imz| brc| tpu| zjs| jcw| euf| cno| mcc| ozx| ypw| dac| dtv| fnw| ciu| cep| wsp| lzz| brw| wfb| vnh| och| ieu| pgl| cjr| lwc| diy| tbt| zab| rvd| bwi| khp| pst| hgj| uca| hkf| oti|