North Queensferry railway station

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11+14 miles (18.1 km) northwest of Edinburgh Waverley.

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History

Although the station was not in service by the time of the opening of the Forth Bridge in March 1890, it was opened on 1 July 1890. [2] The station replaced the station at North Queensferry Pier, which had been opened in 1877 to take passengers to and from the ferry across the Forth.

The station has been unstaffed since 1990, following the closure of its ticket office. The original wooden Victorian station building is still standing and its design is unique to the area.

The mosaic at the station Mosaique du pont du Forth a North Queensferry.jpg
The mosaic at the station

To celebrate the Forth Bridge Centenary in 1990, a large mosaic depicting the bridge and the local area, created entirely by local residents, was unveiled at the station on Platform 2. The mosaic is now a well-known landmark on the Fife Circle line.

Services

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A ScotRail Class 158 at North Queensferry

Monday to Saturday daytimes four trains per hour go to Haymarket and onwards to Edinburgh Waverley southbound. Four trains per hour head towards northbound Inverkeithing and the Fife Circle. Of these, two run the full length of the circular route to Glenrothes with Thornton (one "clockwise" via Dunfermline, the other "anti-clockwise" via Kirkcaldy), one runs to Glenrothes via the coast and then terminates there and the other runs via Dunfermline to terminate at Cowdenbeath. [3]

Evenings and Sundays two trains per hour go to Edinburgh Waverley and two along the Fife Circle, one via Dunfermline and the other via Kirkcaldy.

North Queensferry

Scottish Gaelic: Port na Banrighinn [1]
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View south towards the Forth Bridge
General information
Location North Queensferry, Fife
Scotland
Coordinates 56°00′45″N3°23′41″W / 56.0124°N 3.3947°W / 56.0124; -3.3947
Grid reference NT131808
Managed by ScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeNQU
History
Opened1 July 1890
Passengers
2019/20Decrease2.svg 0.155 million
Preceding station National Rail logo.svg National Rail Following station
Dalmeny   ScotRail
Fife Circle Line
  Inverkeithing

References

  1. Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. "Gaelic/English Station Index". Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN   978-0-9549866-9-8.
  2. Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 320
  3. Table 242 National Rail timetable, May 2016