North Queensferry

North Queensferry is a town in the Scottish unitary authority Fife on the north bank of the Firth of Forth. It is about six kilometers south-southeast of Dunfermline and 16 miles north- west of Edinburgh located. In 2001, North Queensferry recorded 1102 inhabitants. On the opposite bank of the Firth of Forth is South Queensferry, which is connected to the north bank of the Forth Road Bridge.

History

Similar to South Queensferry is the city's founding with Margaret of Scotland, the second wife of King Malcolm III. linked, often the Firth of Forth crossed at this point on the road to Dunfermline. From this historical event, the present-day town name derives from. A ferry wrong at this point until 1964, when the Forth Road Bridge was opened to traffic.

Traffic

North Queensferry is connected by the A90 which crosses on the Forth Road Bridge Firth of Forth to the road network. A few kilometers north of North Queensferry this is expanded to the motorway M90. In the opening of the Forth Bridge in North Queensferry got its own railway station, which is now served by the Fife Circle Line of the First ScotRail.

Station of North Queensferry