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Thorton Junction Station Platform view with train in station
SC 621963
Description Thorton Junction Station Platform view with train in station
Date c. 1965
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 621963
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Thornton Junction Station, Thornton, Fife Thornton became a junction in 1849 when a line from Dunfermline reached the Edinburgh & Northern Railway's main line. By 1881 it was also a junction for the Fife Coast line and for a branch to Wemyss and Buckhaven. It thus became a very busy interchange point, the 'Crewe' of Fife. This shows the main south-bound platform of the station, with the island platform station on the left, a water-tower on the right, and a signal box and some of the junction signals in the distance. The locomotive was running 'light engine' south-bound. The closure to passengers of the branches from Thornton left little traffic for the station, whose importance had always been as an interchange point. Thornton itself was merely a large village. The station finally closed in 1969, and was soon demolished. A new station 'Glenrothes with Thornton' has since been opened. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H/87
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/621963
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