- North Queensferry railway station
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North Queensferry North Queensferry railway station in 2007 Location Place North Queensferry Local authority Fife Coordinates 56°00′43″N 3°23′42″W / 56.012°N 3.395°WCoordinates: 56°00′43″N 3°23′42″W / 56.012°N 3.395°W Operations Station code NQU Managed by First ScotRail Number of platforms 2 Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail EnquiriesAnnual rail passenger usage 2004/05 * 0.110 million 2005/06 * 0.113 million 2006/07 * 0.120 million 2007/08 * 0.129 million 2008/09 * 0.138 million History Opened 1890 National Rail - UK railway stations A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at North Queensferry from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. North Queensferry railway station is a railway station in the village of North Queensferry, Fife, Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and is on the Fife Circle Line 18 km (11¼ miles) north east of Edinburgh Waverley.
Although the station was not in service by the time of the opening of the Forth Rail Bridge in March 1890, it was in use soon after. The station replaced the former railway halt at North Queensferry harbour, which had been opened in 1874 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.
To celebrate the Forth Rail 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, and local tradition states that you will notice something new every time you look at it.
Service
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.
Evenings and Sundays two trains per hour go to Edinburgh Waverley and two along the Fife Circle, one via Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy.
Preceding station National Rail Following station Dalmeny First ScotRail
Inverkeithing Gallery
Categories:- Railway stations in Fife
- Former Forth Bridge Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1890
- Railway stations served by First ScotRail
- Scotland railway station stubs
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