From ferries to bridge tolls, from the Forth Road Bridge to the Queensferry Crossing, generations have made the journey by car, bus, bike taxi … and boat.
The news this week that a ferry could run from Leith to Kirkcaldy sparked memories of previous sailings which were a daily occurrence until the Forth Road Bridge opened in 1964.
These pictures look back through the decades at just how much has changed travelling from the capital to the Kingdom.
5. Memories of crossing the Forth
April 1991 - the launch of the new ferry service from Burntisland to Edinburgh. The official ceremony was peformed by Linda Cameron (6) from Burntisland who won a competition run by the Fife Free Press, to do the honours. She was put forward by her gran, Margaret Casey, to launch the 780-foot catamaran. Photo: na
6. Memories of crossing the Forth
Stormy weather at North Queensferry as a car boards the ferry for the crossing of the Forth to South Queensferry in January 1953 Photo: Unknown
7. Memories of crossing the Forth
The hovercraft lands at Portobello in 2007 Photo: Jane Barlow
8. Memories of crossing the Forth
The first day of the automated toll system on the Forth Road Bridge in February 1966. Photo: Denis Straughan