Thornton South Junction
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Thornton South Junction (1878-)Station code: GSE National Rail
Opened on the Edinburgh and Northern Railway.
Opened on the Dunfermline Branch (Edinburgh and Northern Railway).
Description
This junction was created in 1878 when the North British Railway opened a curve between Thornton West Junction [1st] on the Dunfermline Branch (Edinburgh and Northern Railway) and the main line of the Edinburgh and Northern Railway.
The signal box was on the east side of the junction. It opened with the junction and closed in 1980, replaced by the Edinburgh Signalling Centre. The line to the west junction is now single track and the connection made a little further west than the original junction at the new Thornton West Junction.
Tags
Junction09/06/2019
| Nearby stations Thornton Junction Thornton Junction [W&BR] Glenrothes with Thornton West Wemyss Dysart Wemyss Castle Sinclairtown [2nd] Sinclairtown [1st] Markinch Cameron Bridge [1st] Buckhaven Kirkcaldy Cameron Bridge Leslie Methil | Thornton Shed [1st] Thornton East Junction Thornton West Junction [1st] Middlefield Engine House Thornton Wagon Works Crane Orrsmill Pit Ore Bridge Works (Flax) Thornton North Junction Thornton West Junction Thornton Colliery Fife Railway Wagon Works Randolph Siding Lochty Bleachfield Works Thornton Scrapyard |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
