Touch North Junction
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Touch North Junction (1890-1970)Opened on the Dunfermline Branch (Edinburgh and Northern Railway).
Opened on the Dunfermline and Queensferry Railway.
Description
This was the northern end of a curve opened 1890 with the Forth Bridge to allow a Edinburgh Waverley - Stirling service via Oakley in addition to other services.
Both lines at the junction were double track. The signal box was on the north side of the junction. The box was replaced in 1915 when the new Dunfermline Shed opened with a new box slightly further west, mid way between the junction and shed.
The curve closed in 1970. The route west to Stirling had closed to passengers in 1968.
Tags
Junction10/06/2019
| Nearby stations Dunfermline Queen Margaret Dunfermline (Comely Park) Dunfermline Upper Dunfermline City Halbeath Dunfermline Nethertown [2nd] Dunfermline [1st] Rosyth Crossgates (Fife) Inverkeithing Inverkeithing [1st] Dalgety Bay Rosyth Dockyard Charlestown Donibristle Platform | Touch South Junction Appin Fire Clay Siding Dunfermline Shed Appin Fire Clay Works Lochside Coal and fire Clay Works Lochside Siding Townhill Junction Mine Townhill Colliery Crawford Pit Venturefair Viaduct Lochside Colliery Townhill Power Station [1st] Townhill Yard Townhill Power Station [2nd] Tourist/other Town Loch |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 06/05/1968 | Stirling and Dunfermline Railway Dunfermline; Townhill Junction to Touch North Junction closed to passengers. |
| 05/01/1970 | Dunfermline and Queensferry Railway Touch North Junction to Touch South Junction closed to passengers. |
