Rosyth Dockyard Branch (North British Railway)
Introduction
This single track railway serves the Naval Base at Rosyth. Formerly some of the route was double track and the sidings at the terminus have been considerably cut back.
Dates
| /03/1990 | Rosyth Dockyard Branch (North British Railway) Dunfermline and Queensferry Railway Rosyth Dockyard to Inverkeithing South Junction (excluded) closed. (But would re-open.) |
Portions of line and locations
This line is divided into a number of portions.
Original Route
The temporary way, used for construction, is still partly in use. This hugged the coastline in the Limpet Ness area.
This was a junction on the Dunfermline and Queensferry Railway.
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See also
Dunfermline and Queensferry Railway
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Bill Roberton //1986
Bill Roberton 15/05/2023
Bill Roberton 10/06/2014
Bill Roberton 29/02/2012
This was the junction between the original course of the Rosyth branch, following the coastline, and the later alignment which made use of reclaimed land upon which the dockyard was built. The signal box was on the north side of junction.
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Bill Roberton /05/1989
The former coal bunkers at Rosyth Dockyard for the Naval Fleet were built on the site of Rosyth Quarry, used in connection with the construction of the Naval Base. The bunkers have now been demolished. ...
More detailsThis was an island platform station with a narrow platform. The platform has been removed but the seldom used railway remains. The station and line served the HM Rosyth Dockyard.
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Bill Roberton //2009
Bill Roberton //1990
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Realigned route
Following considerable land reclamation in the Limpet Ness area, the line was re-routed to run directly from Limpet Ness into the dockyard. This is the route which remains open today.
This was the junction between the original course of the Rosyth branch, following the coastline, and the later alignment which made use of reclaimed land upon which the dockyard was built. The signal box was on the north side of junction.
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Bill Roberton /05/1989
This was an island platform station with a narrow platform. The platform has been removed but the seldom used railway remains. The station and line served the HM Rosyth Dockyard.
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Bill Roberton //2009
Bill Roberton //1990
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