Does anyone have anything showing the track layout at the former Leuchars Junction when the St Andrews branch was still in service? I've never quite understood where the St Andrews branch departed from the surviving lines, especially given the need to navigate Toll Road at the western end of the station (with the line towards Edinburgh continuing in cutting beyond) and the need to cross Motray Water.
I've always assumed that the line must have diverged prior to the passing under Toll Road, which would imply that only the Up platform (1, at least now!) was usable by the branch. There remain shunt signals (or at least did when I was last there not too long ago) for the branch into the former RAF base on the Up platform, but otherwise it doesn't seem signalled for bidirectional running, which makes me doubt whether St Andrews branch trains used the Up platform exclusively.
Another slightly related question is whether anyone knows how far into the RAF base that branch got?
I've always assumed that the line must have diverged prior to the passing under Toll Road, which would imply that only the Up platform (1, at least now!) was usable by the branch. There remain shunt signals (or at least did when I was last there not too long ago) for the branch into the former RAF base on the Up platform, but otherwise it doesn't seem signalled for bidirectional running, which makes me doubt whether St Andrews branch trains used the Up platform exclusively.
Another slightly related question is whether anyone knows how far into the RAF base that branch got?
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