RAILSCOT | Dalmeny South Junction

Junction

This was a four way junction. The 1868 was crossed by the 1890 Forth Bridge Connecting Lines (North British Railway) which joined the line from south east and left the older line to the north west of the junction.

The signal box here closed in 1925 having been taken over by Dalmeny North Junction box, renamed Dalmeny Junction. The box had been located on the west side of the junction, the south end of the former Dalmeny [1st] station. From here the Dalmeny North Junction and South Queensferry [1st] route ran parallel to each other through the former station.

The route south to Ratho (Low Level) closed in 1966 and the line north to South Queensferry [1st] closed in 1968. A short portion of the Ratho route south of the junction was retained until 1976 as a reversing spur for the Royal Navy Victualling Depot Royal Elizabeth Yard.

A short minerals line ran north east to Dalmeny Oil Works.

Junction

Nearby stations Dalmeny [1st] Dalmeny New Halls South Queensferry Halt South Queensferry [1st] Kirkliston Edinburgh Airport [Tram] Port Edgar Turnhouse North Queensferry [1st] North Queensferry Ingliston Park and Ride [Tram] Barnton Ratho (Low Level) Ratho	Dalmeny Oil Works Oil Depot Royal Elizabeth Yard Dalmeny Junction Rosshill Shale Mine Almond Viaduct Forth Bridge Ingliston Shale Pit No 33 Port Edgar Harbour North British Creosote Works Tourist/other Hawes Pier Dundas Castle Dalmeny House Port Edgar Pier Port Edgar East Naval Pier
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.

/03/2004	Edinburgh Airport Rail Link Proposed scheme would have a station under Edinburgh Airport served by a link off the Forth Bridge Connecting Lines (North British Railway) and the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway and the Forth Bridge lines. The layout would be southern approaches (both approached from the east) from South Gyle and Gogar combining and passing under Edinburgh Airport before dividing with a western link to Humbie Signal Box and northern link to Dalmeny South Junction. This layout would allow trains from Edinburgh Waverley and Glasgow Queen Street High Level to serve the station and the line to the north from Edinburgh to Fife, Aberdeen and Inverness over the Forth Bridge. The estimated cost was £500M.