St Fort West Junction
Location type
JunctionName and dates
St Fort West Junction (1909-1924)Opened on the Newburgh and North Fife Railway.
Description
At St Fort West Junction the Newburgh and North Fife Railway forked into two single tracks to join the Edinburgh and Northern Railway with a triangular junction. To the west of St Fort West Junction was a passing loop. The signal box was on the west side in the northern part of the passing loop.
The box, loop and curve to St Fort South Junction closed in 1924.
Tags
Junction| Nearby stations St Fort Wormit Kilmany Newport-on-Tay West Newport-on-Tay East Leuchars (Old) Leuchars Dundee Esplanade Guard Bridge Rathillet Siding Dundee Dundee West Magdalen Green Dundee Trades Lane Dundee East | Linkswood Oil Depot St Fort South Junction Newton Ballast Hill Wormit Goods Tay Bridge South Junction Tay Bridge South Junction [1st] Tayfield Den Viaduct Tay Bridge [1st] Tay Bridge Milton Junction [Leuchars] Tourist/other Wormit Signal Box Newport-on-Tay Ferry Terminal St Athernase Church RAF Leuchars Balmerino Abbey |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 28/03/1912 | Newburgh and North Fife Railway An Order of the Railway and Canal Commission compels the North British Railway to - fairly develop traffic on the Newburgh line and work all shortest route traffic via the line - increase the train service and through facilities - keep open the St Fort West Junction to St Fort South Junction curve - advertise the line including through route, season, tourist and excursion tickets - work goods traffic via the line, when it constitutes the shortest route |
Books
 A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: The North of Scotland v. 15 (Regional railway history series) |  Fife's Last Days of Steam |  Fife's Lost Railways |
