Road Trip Drive From Newton On A904 To Visit Forth Railway Bridge By South Queenseferry Scotland

Tour Scotland travel video of a late Summer road trip drive, with Scottish music, from Newton village East on the A904 road to visit the Forth Railway Bridge by South Queensferry in Lothian Region. The Forth Bridge is a cantilever railway bridge over the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland, 9 miles West of Edinburgh City Centre. It is considered an iconic structure and a symbol of Scotland, and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was designed by the English engineers Sir John Fowler and Sir Benjamin Baker. Trains that go over the bridge include Edinburgh to Perth, Perthshire; Dundee and Aberdeen. A few East Coast rail services to and from Kings Cross, London, England. Fife Circle services, Newcraighall and Glenrothes Services. Queen Street Glasgow to Kirkcaldy, Fife. The Firth of Forth, Scottish Gaelic: Linne Foirthe, is the estuary or firth of several Scottish rivers including the River Forth. It meets the North Sea with Fife on the north coast and Lothian on the south. It was known as Bodotria in Roman times. In the Norse sagas it was known as the Myrkvifiörd. An early Welsh name is Merin Iodeo, or the " Sea of Iudeu."

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