Rosyth railway station

Railway station in Fife, Scotland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.

LocationRosyth, Fife
Scotland
Coordinates56.0455°N 3.4269°W / 56.0455; -3.4269
Managed byScotRail
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Rosyth

Scottish Gaelic: Ros Fhìobh[1]
National Rail
General information
LocationRosyth, Fife
Scotland
Coordinates56.0455°N 3.4269°W / 56.0455; -3.4269
Grid referenceNT112845
Managed byScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeROS
History
Opened1 December 1917[2]
Passengers
2020/21Decrease 24,844
2021/22Increase 94,434
2022/23Increase 0.127 million
2023/24Increase 0.177 million
2024/25Increase 0.198 million
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Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
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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.

2025

The basic service remains unchanged on weekdays and Saturdays (half-hourly to Edinburgh and Cowdenbeath, with hourly extensions now to Leven), but there is now an hourly service each way on Sundays.[3] Services to Leven began at the spring 2025 timetable change.

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Inverkeithing   ScotRail
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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.

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