The Fife Riviera - LNER Azuma passing the shore at Burntisland.
On the first day of meteorological Spring, Class 800 bimode, unit 800106, was seen passing the beach and links at Burntisland while operating 1E15 0952 hrs Aberdeen to London King’s Cross. The waters of the Firth of Forth are lapping the shoreline as the train approaches the town’s station (not one of its calling points) on its way to the Forth Bridge, Edinburgh and the East Coast Main Line to the south. Burntisland was the southern terminus of the Edinburgh and Northern Railway across Fife from 1847 until 1890 when the connecting route (just under 9 miles) was completed in conjunction with the opening of the Forth Bridge that year. Before 1890, passengers crossed the firth on a paddle steamer to Granton (Edinburgh), while freight wagons used the pioneering train ferry, commemorated by two plaques at Burntisland station.
The Fife Riviera - LNER Azuma passing the shore at Burntisland.
On the first day of meteorological Spring, Class 800 bimode, unit 800106, was seen passing the beach and links at Burntisland while operating 1E15 0952 hrs Aberdeen to London King’s Cross. The waters of the Firth of Forth are lapping the shoreline as the train approaches the town’s station (not one of its calling points) on its way to the Forth Bridge, Edinburgh and the East Coast Main Line to the south. Burntisland was the southern terminus of the Edinburgh and Northern Railway across Fife from 1847 until 1890 when the connecting route (just under 9 miles) was completed in conjunction with the opening of the Forth Bridge that year. Before 1890, passengers crossed the firth on a paddle steamer to Granton (Edinburgh), while freight wagons used the pioneering train ferry, commemorated by two plaques at Burntisland station.