Perth (Scotland) railway station
Perth 
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Perth station in 1989.
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| Location | |
| Place | Perth |
| Local authority | Perth and Kinross |
| Coordinates | 56°23′30″N 3°26′18″W / 56.3916°N 3.4384°WCoordinates: 56°23′30″N 3°26′18″W / 56.3916°N 3.4384°W |
| Grid reference | NO112231 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | PTH |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Number of platforms | 7 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2012/13 |
 0.975 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.989 million |
| 2014/15 |
1.078 million |
| – Interchange | 0.119 million |
| 2015/16 |
1.146 million |
| – Interchange |
0.126 million |
| 2016/17 |
 1.081 million |
| – Interchange |
0.121 million |
| History | |
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Scottish Central Railway and Scottish Midland Junction Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Caledonian Railway |
| Post-grouping | LMS |
| 22 May 1848 | Opened as Perth General |
| 1952 | Renamed as Perth |
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| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Perth from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Perth railway station is a railway station located in the city of Perth, Scotland. The station, designed by Sir William Tite, won an architecture prize. It has seven platforms, five of which are "through" platforms.
There are two entrances, both of which allow car parking. The ticket office, newsagent and café are between Platforms 2 and 3. The original main concourse was between the current Platforms 4 and 7, and the station was covered by a large overall roof, which still exists in a reduced form. There used to be nine platforms. Ticket barriers are in operation.
The station was opened (as Perth General) by the Scottish Central Railway in 1848. Originally the terminus of the SCR main line from Greenhill Junction near Glasgow, it soon became a junction of some importance with the arrival of the Dundee and Perth Railway from Dundee (following the completion of a bridge across the River Tay), the Edinburgh and Northern Railway from Ladybank on the Fife coast and the Scottish Midland Junction Railway from Forfar within months. Subsequent construction by the Perth and Dunkeld Railway and the Perth, Almond Valley and Methven Railway added further lines into/out of the city, with the former becoming part of what is now the Highland Main Line to Inverness. The SMJR meanwhile would become part of a through route to Aberdeen by 1856, thus giving Perth travellers easy access to all of the major Scottish cities.
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