Queensferry Junction
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Queensferry Junction (1866-1966)Opened on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway.
Opened on the South Queensferry Branch (North British Railway).
Description
This junction was east of Ratho station (on the 1842 Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway) and Ratho (Low Level) (on the 1866 South Queensferry Branch (North British Railway)), formed with the branch opened.
The main line was a double track and the branch a single. The signal box was on the north side of the junction. Ratho station's goods yard was in the 'V' of the junction, to its west. The station had its own signal box on the eastbound platform, replaced by a ground frame.
The box was replaced in 1949. The branch closed in 1966. The new box survived until 1978, replaced by the Edinburgh Signalling Centre.
Tags
Junction01/06/2019
| Nearby stations Ratho Ratho (Low Level) Ingliston Park and Ride [Tram] Edinburgh Airport [Tram] Kirkliston Turnhouse Gogarburn [Tram] Edinburgh Gateway [Tram] Gogar Edinburgh Gateway Gyle Centre [Tram] Edinburgh Park Central [Tram] Broxburn [1st] Ravelrig Platform Edinburgh Park | Newbridge Junction Ingliston Shale Pits No 36 and 37 Hallyards Siding Ingliston Branch Junction Kirkliston Viaduct Ingliston Shale Pit No 33 Almond Valley Viaduct Newliston Shale Mines Birdsmill Viaduct Almond Viaduct Broxburn Viaduct Birdsmill M8 Viaduct Gogar Tram Depot Tourist/other Edinburgh Airport Kirkliston Distillery |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
