Due to essential maintenance the WEST Footpath/Cycleway is CLOSED except during weekends, please use the EAST Footpath/Cycleway.
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GPS 56.008314,-3.398944
Railway Pier played an important role in the history of the Queensferry Passage.
Thought to be designed by Thomas Bouche, before the Forth Bridge opened, the pier was used by train passengers. Those alighting in North Queensferry got off at the pier, took a ferry over to Port Edgar, and then caught another train on the other side.
The pier was also used by the first ferry to transport train carriages. Known as the ‘floating railway’ goods and passengers were transported between Granton and Burntisland via a ten-minute ferry crossing.
Goods traffic used the Railway Pier until 1954. The ferries closed when the Forth Road Bridge opened in 1964.
The Railway Pier is now home to the North Queensferry Boat Club.
If you want to see a different view of the bridges, at the top of the road leaving the harbour, take a shot detour along the coastline to walk under the Forth Road Bridge and pause by the memorial bench looking towards the Queensferry Crossing.
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