Thornton West Junction
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Thornton West Junction (1980-)Station code: TWJ National Rail
Opened on the Dunfermline Branch (Edinburgh and Northern Railway).
Description
This is the junction between the single track lines from Thornton North Junction and Thornton South Junction. It is west of Glenrothes with Thornton station and replaced Thornton West Junction [1st].
This was the location of the first Thornton West signal box opened in 1878. The box was on the south side of the line. It was renamed 'Thornton Weighs' around 1884 which was around when the connection from Thornton West Junction to the south end of Thornton Junction station opened. A weigh bridge was located here. The box was replaced in 1906 with a new box further west. (This was later used for Thornton Shed [2nd].) To the immediate east were the Thornton Wagon Works on the south side of the line and accessed from the west.
Tags
Junction09/06/2019
| Nearby stations Glenrothes with Thornton Thornton Junction Thornton Junction [W&BR] West Wemyss Dysart Sinclairtown [2nd] Sinclairtown [1st] Markinch Wemyss Castle Kirkcaldy Leslie Cameron Bridge [1st] Buckhaven Cameron Bridge Cardenden | Fife Railway Wagon Works Thornton Wagon Works Middlefield Engine House Ore Bridge Works (Flax) Thornton Colliery Thornton West Junction [1st] Balbeggie Farm Open Cast Thornton Shed [2nd] Thornton Shed [1st] Thornton South Junction Rothes Pit Orrsmill Pit Thornton Scrapyard Crane Lochty Bleachfield Works |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Books
 Inverkeithing To Thornton Junction: Via Cowdenbeath (Scottish Mainlines) |
