This curve, built in 1888, allowed trains from the Dunfermline Branch (Edinburgh and Northern Railway) to access Thornton Junction station, which was becoming increasingly important with the opening of lines such as that to Buckhaven in 1881 and completion of the Fife Coast Railway via St Andrews [2nd] in 1883. A locomotive shed was built on the north side of the curve.
This line is divided into a number of portions.
This was the western apex of the triangle of lines formed with Thornton North Junction and Thornton South Junction.
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This station was rebuilt several times due to subsidence. The original station opened to serve the Leven Railway. It was immediately south of Thornton North Junction, between the Burntisland to Ladybank line and the Dunfermline Branch (Edinburgh and Northern Railway). It was bypassed by the Dunfermline Branch (Edinburgh and Northern Railway) until later.
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This was the western apex of the triangle of lines formed with Thornton North Junction and Thornton South Junction.
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This station was rebuilt several times due to subsidence. The original station opened to serve the Leven Railway. It was immediately south of Thornton North Junction, between the Burntisland to Ladybank line and the Dunfermline Branch (Edinburgh and Northern Railway). It was bypassed by the Dunfermline Branch (Edinburgh and Northern Railway) until later.
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