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Burntisland, a port on the Firth of Forth, and the starting point in 1850 for the world's first train ferry, when the 'Leviathan' started to ply its way across the firth to Granton, on the outskirts of Edinburgh. Other ships joined later, running as train ferries for forty years, until the opening of the Forth Bridge rendered its railway vehicle carrying capability redundant. Non railway ferries certainly were operating from Granton to Burntisland in 1838 and sailed until the opening of the road bridge in 1964, and intermittently then until at least 1993.
Burntisland 011019 1446
Burntisland, a port on the Firth of Forth, and the starting point in 1850 for the world's first train ferry, when the 'Leviathan' started to ply its way across the firth to Granton, on the outskirts of Edinburgh. Other ships joined later, running as train ferries for forty years, until the opening of the Forth Bridge rendered its railway vehicle carrying capability redundant. Non railway ferries certainly were operating from Granton to Burntisland in 1838 and sailed until the opening of the road bridge in 1964, and intermittently then until at least 1993.