Thornton Yard Signal Box
Location type
Name and dates
Thornton Yard Signal Box (1956-1991)Opened on the Thornton Marshalling Yard and Rothes Pit (British Railways).
Description
This yard controlled the eastern end of Thornton Yard. (See main Thornton Yard entry.)
The box controlled departures from the east end of the sorting sidings, the Westfield Opencast branch, entry to the Rothes Pit exchange yard, and, later, Thornton Junction TMD. The box was on the north side of the line.
After the Edinburgh Signalling Centre took over most signalling in the area in 1980 the box provided some semaphore signals in an area of coloured light signalling.
It closed around 1991, replaced by yard operation. Since then the yard has been repeatedly cut back and now has only six sidings, partly overgrown.
Tags
Signal box10/06/2019
| Nearby stations Glenrothes with Thornton Thornton Junction Thornton Junction [W&BR] Leslie West Wemyss Sinclairtown [1st] Sinclairtown [2nd] Cardenden Dysart Kirkcaldy Markinch Wemyss Castle Lochgelly Cameron Bridge [1st] Falkland Road | Redford Siding Thornton Junction TMD Thornton Yard Redford Junction Thornton Yard Tower Begg Farm Extension Open Cast Rothes Pit Clunybridge Junction Thornton Shed [2nd] Balbeggie Farm Open Cast Clunie Lime Siding Fife Railway Wagon Works Thornton West Junction Ore Bridge Works (Flax) Tourist/other Dogton Colliery Signal Box |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
