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The Forth Bridge approach railways were railway lines constructed in the period 1887 to 1890 to form new main lines on the opening of the Forth Railway Bridge. The Forth Bridge opened in 1890 at the Queensferry crossing, and only local branch lines approached the location. The North British Railway built new main lines and upgraded some existing lines. The increase in passenger traffic resulted in serious congestion at Edinburgh Waverley, which was extended and modernised in the years following 1890.

railway lines passenger traffic queensferry

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  1. John Thomas revised J S Paterson, A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Volume 6, Scotland, the Lowlands and the Borders, David and Charles, Newton Abbot, 1984, ISBN:0 946537 12 7
  2. Peter Marshall, The Scottish Central Railway: Perth to Stirling, Oakwood Press, Usk, 1998, ISBN:0-8536-1522-5
  3. John Thomas and David Turnock, A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Volume 15, North of Scotland, David and Charles, Newton Abbot, 1989, ISBN:0 946537 03 8
  4. The NBR never achieved a completely independent route to Aberdeen, being reliant on running powers over the Caledonian Railway line from Kinnaber Junction (near Montrose) northwards, and on the joint Dundee and Arbroath Railway.
  5. Glasgow Herald, 2 October 1889
  6. For a time the new station at Dalmeny was named "Forth Bridge"; it was renamed Dalmeny for Forth Bridge on 28 April 1890; from Thomas, The North British Railway, volume 2.
  7. Dundee Advertiser: 30 May 1890
  8. Edinburgh Evening News, 24 April 1890
  9. Dundee Advertiser, 15 April 1890
  10. Aberdeen Weekly Journal, 4 June 1890
  11. Dundee Advertiser, 6 September 1890
  12. Smith and Anderson say 5 July 1890.
  13. W A C Smith and Paul Anderson, Edinburgh's Railways, Irwell Press, Caernarfon, 1995, ISBN:1 871608 59 7
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