2025 is being celebrated as 200th anniversary of the birth of the modern railway. It is also a special year for Tayside’s railway history, for in 1825 plans were afoot for Dundee to get its own railway which would link it to Newtyle.
This illustrated talk by historian Dr Kenneth Baxter draws heavily on the collections held by Archive Services at the University of Dundee. Kenneth will give a brief account of the history of railways in and around Dundee, from lines that became part of major national trunk routes to others that fared less well and schemes that were never realised. In doing so he will illustrate the important part local railways played in British railway history and also show the major impact that railways had in shaping Dundee and its environs in the 19th and 20th centuries.
The talk takes place in Lecture Theatre 2 of the Dalhousie Building, University of Dundee.