Touch South Junction
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Touch South Junction (1890-1970)Opened on the West of Fife Railway and Harbour.
Opened on the Dunfermline and Queensferry Railway.
Description
This junction opened in 1890 with the Forth Bridge to allow a Edinburgh Waverley - Stirling service via Oakley. The north end of the new curve was at Touch North Junction.
The signal box was on the east side of the junction.
The curve and box closed in 1970. The passenger service west to Stirling had been withdrawn in 1968.
Tags
Junction10/06/2019
| Nearby stations Dunfermline Queen Margaret Dunfermline (Comely Park) Halbeath Dunfermline City Dunfermline Upper Dunfermline Nethertown [2nd] Dunfermline [1st] Rosyth Crossgates (Fife) Inverkeithing Inverkeithing [1st] Dalgety Bay Donibristle Platform Rosyth Dockyard Charlestown | Touch North Junction Townhill Junction Dunfermline Shed Mine Appin Fire Clay Siding Appin Fire Clay Works Townhill Yard Townhill Wagon Shops Lochside Coal and fire Clay Works Lochside Siding Quarry St Leonard^s Works (Linen Damask) Townhill Colliery Crawford Pit Muircockhall Colliery Tourist/other Halbeath House |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 07/10/1968 | Stirling and Dunfermline Railway Stirling to Alloa [1st] to Dunfermline Lower (Touch South Junction) closed to passengers. |
| 05/01/1970 | Dunfermline and Queensferry Railway Touch North Junction to Touch South Junction closed to passengers. |
Books
 Edinburgh To Inverkeithing.: including The Port Edgar, North Queensferry And Rosyth Dockyard Branches. (Scottish Main Lines.) |  Inverkeithing To Thornton Junction: Via Cowdenbeath (Scottish Mainlines) |
