The invention discloses a direction switch assembly of a forklift. The direction switch assembly comprises two direction switches, a fixing plate, a gear shift mechanism and a prodding element, wherein the gear shift mechanism consists of a guide rail which is horizontally arranged at the intermediate position of the fixing plate and a sliding block matched with the guide rail, and protrusions are respectively arranged at the intermediate position of the upper side end surface and the intermediate position of the lower side end surface of the sliding block; the two direction switches are respectively fixed on the fixing plate, and are oppositely and symmetrically distributed on the upper side and the lower side of the sliding block, and when free ends of control rods of the direction switches are in contact with the end faces of the protrusions, the direction switches are closed; the prodding element is connected to the front surface of the sliding block. The direction switch assembly disclosed by the invention has the advantages that the direction switch assembly adopts a tiled structure, the switching off or the switching on of the two direction switches is controlled through different positions of the sliding block on the guide rail, and besides, the prodding element is directly connected to the sliding block, so that the structure is more compact; therefore, the mounting position of the direction switch assembly can be changed and is no longer limited to steering tube columns of the forklift, and besides, the prodding operation mode of the prodding element conforms to human engineering.