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Rosyth railway station

Coordinates: 56°02′44″N 3°25′37″W / 56.0455°N 3.4269°W / 56.0455; -3.4269
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Rosyth

Scottish Gaelic: Ros Fhìobh[1]
National Rail
General information
LocationRosyth, Fife
Scotland
Coordinates56°02′44″N 3°25′37″W / 56.0455°N 3.4269°W / 56.0455; -3.4269
Grid referenceNT112845
Managed byScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeROS
History
Opened1 December 1917[2]
Passengers
2019/20Decrease 0.260 million
2020/21Decrease 24,844
2021/22Increase 94,434
2022/23Increase 0.127 million
2023/24Increase 0.177 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Rosyth railway station serves the town of Rosyth in Fife, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and lies on the Fife Circle Line, 14.7 miles (23.6 km) north of Edinburgh Waverley. It was opened in 1917 by the North British Railway (as Rosyth Halt) to serve the nearby naval dockyard.

Services

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2011

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On Mondays to Saturdays during the daytime, there is generally a half-hourly service southbound to Edinburgh Waverley, and a half-hourly service northbound towards the centre of Dunfermline, continuing round the Fife Circle through Kirkcaldy, eventually coming back to Edinburgh Waverley. In the evenings the service is hourly in each direction and on Sundays two-hourly.

2016

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The basic service remains unchanged on weekdays and Saturdays (half-hourly to Edinburgh and Cowdenbeath, with hourly extensions around the full Fife Circle), but there is now an hourly service each way on Sundays.[3]

Upgrade

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In 2013 construction began at Rosyth station to build new disabled access points, so that people with wheelchairs and buggies can make their way onto the platform.[4] There are also plans for a new transport hub to be built at Rosyth, with 500 car park spaces, a bus station, and a taxi rank.

References

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  1. ^ Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. "Gaelic/English Station Index". Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
  2. ^ "North British Railway: List of Stations with opening and closing dates from 1828 to 2003" (PDF). North British Railway Study Group. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2020.
  3. ^ Table 69 National Rail timetable, May 2016
  4. ^ "New ramps set to be built at Rosyth train station" Dunfermline Press & West Fife Advertiser article 6 July 2013; Retrieved 21 July 2016
Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Inverkeithing   ScotRail
Fife Circle Line
  Dunfermline City