2015

NT1383 : Forth Road Bridge relief train

taken 8 years ago, near to Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland

Forth Road Bridge relief train
Forth Road Bridge relief train
The train has just pulled-in to Inverkeithing station, having spent some slack time at the nearby yard. Hauled by EWS Class 67 loco number 67008, with EWS 67021 at the rear. The coaches consist of BR Mk2 in Anglia Railways and old Virgin Railways livery.
Forth Road Bridge relief trains

An unplanned expanded train service was introduced for a period of around four weeks while the Forth Road Bridge was closed for emergency repairs during December 2015.

Although the bridge reopened ahead of schedule on 23rd December, the train service continued to run until early January 2016, which was the scheduled reopening date.

Trains were withdrawn from services elsewhere in Scotland to provide this service. In addition, two six car diesel-hauled trains of antiquated rolling stock were also used, one of which came from the south of England.

The additional south bound trains were:-

Inverkeithing-Haymarket: 0708, 0840, 0931, 1249, 1602, 1649, 1729, 1906
Cowdenbeath-Dunfermline Town-Inverkeithing-Haymarket: 0750, 1504
Dunfermline Town-Inverkeithing-Haymarket: 1000, 1046, 1200, 1402, 1839
Cowdenbeath-Dunfermline Town-Haymarket: 1335
Cowdenbeath-Inverkeithing-Edinburgh: 1707
Cowdenbeath-Inverkeithing-Haymarket: 1739
Cowdenbeath-Kirkcaldy-Burntisland-Aberdour-Dalgety Bay-Inverkeithing-Haymarket: 1739

The additional north bound trains were :-

Haymarket-Inverkeithing: 0746, 0854, 1211, 1450, 1617, 1641, 1653
Haymarket-Inverkeithing-Dunfermline Town: 0918, 1012, 1047, 1121, 1320, 1809
Haymarket-Dunfermline Town-Cowdenbeath: 1249
Haymarket-Inverkeithing, Dunfermline Town-Cowdenbeath: 1418

Inverkeithing railway station

As the name suggests, Inverkeithing railway station serves the town of Inverkeithing in Fife. It is on the Fife Circle Line and is operated by ScotRail.

The station is well served by a variety of services. Four Fife Circle LinkExternal link services in each direction stop here during the day and the Scotrail services to Perth, Dundee, Glenrothes, Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath also stop here.

Several long distance services to destinations in England and the far north by First Scotrail, East Coast and Cross Country also stop at Inverkeithing, as does the Highland Sleeper.

A journey time of 18 minutes to Edinburgh means that the station is popular with commuters. It is well served with free car parks and there is an express bus service to Edinburgh Airport.

The Fife Circle Line splits just north of the station, going clockwise towards Dunfermline and anticlockwise to Kirkcaldy.


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Geographical Context: Suburb, Urban fringe Railways Primary Subject: Railway Train
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Train Number [14] · Road Bridge [11] · Forth Road Bridge Relief Train [6] · EWS 67008 at the Rear [3] Title Clusters: · Forth Road Bridge relief train [4] ·
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NT1383, 118 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Thomas Nugent   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Wednesday, 23 December, 2015   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 18 January, 2016
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NT 1315 8337 [10m precision]
WGS84: 56:2.1188N 3:23.7244W
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OSGB36: geotagged! NT 1315 8336
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