Dogton Colliery Signal Box
Location type
Names and dates
Thornton Colliery Signal Box (1899-1913)Dogton Colliery Signal Box (1913-1913)
Opened on the Dunfermline Branch (Edinburgh and Northern Railway).
Description
This signal box was located between the later Clunybridge Junction to the west and Redford Siding to the east. The box was on the south side of the line and there was a trailing cross over. It opened in 1899. It was later known as Dogton Colliery. The colliery did not develop (unlike the earlier Brandies Pit near the Clunie Coal Siding and later largely unsuccessful Rothes Pit). The Maggie Pit test shafts were to the west (on Cluny Muir). The box closed in 1913.
The Dogton Stone, a cross slab named for the estate, is to the north west.
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Signal boxExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
10/06/2019
| Nearby stations Glenrothes with Thornton Cardenden Leslie Thornton Junction Thornton Junction [W&BR] Sinclairtown [1st] Sinclairtown [2nd] Kirkcaldy Dysart West Wemyss Markinch Lochgelly Wemyss Castle Falkland Road Cameron Bridge [1st] | Thornton Yard Tower Thornton Yard Clunybridge Junction Thornton Junction TMD Redford Siding Clunie Lime Siding Begg Farm Extension Open Cast Redford Junction Kinglassie Colliery Rothes Pit Thornton Shed [2nd] Clunie Coal Siding Tourist/other Thornton Yard Signal Box Dogton Stone Fife Airport |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Books
 Inverkeithing To Thornton Junction: Via Cowdenbeath (Scottish Mainlines) |
