Date: 25/08/2022

Plans to connect Edinburgh with Fife via ferry could be tabled as part of a new public transport plan that will look to bring neighbouring local authorities in closer contact with the capital.

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A look 'ashore' along Granton Middle Pier where the wooden station was situated to the right of the newer brick building. Nowadays this is more of a quay than a pier as the West Harbour has been filled in here. The streets on the right are called 'Hesperus' - an odd choice of ship as thanks to Longfellow it is surely more famous as a wreck.
Location: Granton
Company: Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Railway
26/12/2020 David Panton

View of the Forth Bridge from South Queensferry in 1963, the year before the road bridge was opened. Two of the ferries which would be made redundant following the opening of the road bridge stand at Hawes Pier.
Location: Forth Bridge
Company: Forth Bridge Railway
//1963 John Alexander

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