Rosyth railway station

Rosyth railway station serves the town of Rosyth in Fife, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio 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.

Rosyth
Scottish Gaelic: Ros Fhìobh[1]
Location
PlaceRosyth
Local authorityFife
Coordinates56.0455°N 3.4269°W / 56.0455; -3.4269
Grid referenceNT112845
Operations
Station codeROS
Managed byAbellio ScotRail
Number of platforms2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 0.318 million
2015/16 0.351 million
2016/17 0.333 million
2017/18 0.331 million
2018/19 0.294 million
History
Key datesOpened 1 December 1917[2] (1 December 1917[3])
National Rail – UK railway stations
  • Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Rosyth from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

Services

2011

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

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.[4]

Upgrade

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.[5] There are also plans for a new transport hub to be built at Rosyth, with 500 car park spaces, a bus stance and taxi rank.

References
  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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. http://www.nbrstudygroup.co.uk/nbr/pdfs/station_list.pdf
  3. http://www.nbrstudygroup.co.uk/nbr/pdfs/station_list.pdf
  4. Table 69 National Rail timetable, May 2016
  5. "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 Following station
Inverkeithing   Abellio ScotRail
Fife Circle Line
   Dunfermline Town


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