North Queensferry

Location type

Station

Name and dates

North Queensferry (1890-)

Station code: NQU National Rail ScotRail
Where: Fife, Scotland
Opened on the Forth Bridge Railway.
Open on the Fife Circle.
Open on the Edinburgh to Perth.
Open on the Edinburgh to Dundee.

Description

This is a two platform station with a footbridge and original building on the southbound platform. The smaller building on the northbound platform has not survived. To the immediate south is the Forth Bridge and to the north the North Queensferry Tunnel.

The station building is in use as the Forth Bridge Heritage Centre and, arts venue and cafe.

The Artline - Art and Heritage on the railway in Fife

There was no goods yard. To the south, at the north end of the Forth Bridge, were scissors and the Forth Bridge North Signal Box.

Local

Deep Sea World

Tags

Station

External links

Canmore site record
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
12/10/2019




Chronology Dates

01/11/1877Dunfermline and Queensferry Railway
Opened through Dunfermline (Comely Park) to North Queensferry.

News items

13/06/2023Forth Bridge team provides lifesaving equipment in North Queensferry [Network Rail]
17/12/2022West Fife: MSP calls for change to North Queensferry rail services [Dunfermline Press]
24/10/2022Scotrail looks to add CCTV cameras at two Fife stations [Fife Today]
08/10/2022North Queensferry: More than 700 people take in views atop the Forth Bridge in charity event [Dunfermline Press]
24/08/2022Bid to turn historic Fife hotel in shadow of Forth Bridge into flats refused [Fife Today]
04/07/2022Forth Bridge welcomes back picnickers [Network Rail]
16/06/2022Forth Bridge picnic area blooming lovely [Network Rail]
12/04/2022Community projects benefit from £4m investment [ScotRail]
30/11/2021North Queensferry: Network Rail accused as cars splattered by unknown chemical [Dunfermline Press]
21/06/2021Transport Minister visits North Queensferry approach span renovation [Network Rail]

Books


100 Years of the Forth Bridge

An Illustrated History of Edinburgh's Railways

Battle for the North: The Tay and Forth Bridges and the 19th Century Railway Wars

Battle for the North: The Tay and Forth Bridges and the 19th-Century Railway Wars: The Building of the Tay and Forth Bridges and the 19th Century Railway Wars

Bridge Across the Century: Story of the Forth Bridge

Edinburgh To Inverkeithing.: including The Port Edgar, North Queensferry And Rosyth Dockyard Branches. (Scottish Main Lines.)

Forth Bridge: A Picture History

Forth Railway Bridge: A Celebration

Forth Railway Bridge: A Celebration

How They Built The Forth Railway Bridge A Victorian Magic Lantern Show

John Fowler, Benjamin Baker: Forth Bridge (Opus)

Steamers of the Forth: Ferry Crossings and River Sailings, Vol. 1

The Briggers: The Story of the Men Who Built the Forth Bridge

The Forth Bridge (Souvenir Guide) (Souvenir guides)

The Forth Bridge: A Picture History

The Forth Bridge: A Picture History

The Forth Bridges Through Time