Thorton Junction Station Platform view with train in station

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

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