The Alyth Railway was a railway in Angus

Angus

Angus is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland, a registration county and a lieutenancy area. The council area borders Aberdeenshire, Perth and Kinross and Dundee City...

, Scotland. It connected Alyth railway station

Alyth railway station

Alyth railway station served the village of Alyth in the Scottish county of Perth and Kinross. The station was the terminus of a branch line from Alyth Junction on the Scottish Midland Junction Railway running between Perth and Arbroath.-History:...

 with the Scottish Midland Junction Railway

Scottish Midland Junction Railway

The Scottish Midland Junction Railway was authorised on 31 July 1845 to link Scottish Central Railway at Perth to the Aberdeen Railway at Forfar. It opened on 4 August 1848, having incorporated the Newtyle, Eassie and Glamiss Railway and Newtyle and Coupar Angus Railway between Coupar Angus and...

 from Perth to Forfar which it joined at Alyth Junction. There were intermediate stations at Golf Club Halt

Golf Club Halt railway station

Golf Club Halt was a station which served Alyth Golf Club, in the Scottish county of Perth and Kinross. It was served by trains on the Alyth Railway which ran between and the Scottish Midland Junction Railway at .-History:...

, Jordanstone

Jordanstone railway station

Jordanstone railway station served the area to the south of the village of Alyth in the Scottish county of Perth and Kinross. The station was on the Alyth Railway from on the Scottish Midland Junction Railway running between and .-History:...

 and Meigle

Meigle railway station

Meigle railway station served the village of Meigle in the Scottish county of Perth and Kinross. The station was on the Alyth Railway from on the Scottish Midland Junction Railway running between and .-History:...

. It also connected to the Dundee and Newtyle Railway

Dundee and Newtyle Railway

The Dundee and Newtyle Railway opened in 1831 and was the first railway in the north of Scotland. It was built to carry goods from Strathmore to the port of Dundee and was chartered with an Act of Parliament that received royal assent in 26 May 1826 and opened in 1831. The railway originally ran...

 via a flyover. Royal assent for the building of the line was granted in 1858. The line was absorbed by the Caledonian Railway

Caledonian Railway

The Caledonian Railway was a major Scottish railway company. It was formed in the early 19th century and it was absorbed almost a century later into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, in the 1923 railway grouping, by means of the Railways Act 1921...

in 1874. It was closed to passengers in July 1951.