Limpetness Junction
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Limpetness Junction (1916-1974)Opened on the Rosyth Dockyard Branch (North British Railway).
Description
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.
The first box was open between 1916 and 1927 and its replacement between 1941 and 1974 when the line east was singled.
Tags
Junction
| Nearby stations Rosyth Dockyard North Queensferry North Queensferry [1st] Inverkeithing [1st] Inverkeithing Port Edgar Rosyth South Queensferry [1st] South Queensferry Halt Dalgety Bay New Halls Dalmeny Donibristle Platform Dalmeny [1st] Charlestown | Ferry Toll Tunnel Exchange Yard Jamestown Viaduct [Inverkeithing] Ferrytoll Bus Park and Ride Rosyth Tank Farm Providence Siding Naval Base Junction Ferrytoll Quarry Castlandhill Siding Inverkeithing Shipbreaking Yard Limpetness Loop Castlekey Fuel Storage Bunker North Queensferry Tunnel Tourist/other Ferrytoll Pier Ferryhills Signal Box |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Books
 Edinburgh To Inverkeithing.: including The Port Edgar, North Queensferry And Rosyth Dockyard Branches. (Scottish Main Lines.) |
