Thornton East Junction
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Thornton East Junction (1887-1959)Opened on the Wemyss and Buckhaven Railway.
Description
This junction opened in 1887. It allowed direct access for the Buckhaven line to the Dunfermline Branch via 'The Hole', as the line was known. Before this, the Buckhaven line only met the main line at Thornton North junction. Its opening coincided with the extension of the line east to Methil in 1887.
Just to the west the connection passed under the main line to reach the Dunfermline Branch.
The Buckhaven line was single track, as was the line west to the Dunfermline Branch. There was a signal box to control the junction until closure in 1959.
Following this the alignment was straightened to the west, the line north abandoned. It survived until 1963.
Just to the south east the line crossed the River Ore.
Nothing remains at the site today, it is now part of the Thornton Golf Course.
Tags
JunctionExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
09/06/2019
| Nearby stations Thornton Junction [W&BR] Thornton Junction Glenrothes with Thornton West Wemyss Wemyss Castle Dysart Markinch Sinclairtown [2nd] Sinclairtown [1st] Cameron Bridge [1st] Buckhaven Cameron Bridge Kirkcaldy Leslie Methil | Thornton Shed [1st] Thornton South Junction Thornton North Junction Crane Thornton West Junction [1st] Balgonie Disposal Point Middlefield Engine House Thornton Wagon Works Lochty Bleachfield Works Thornton Colliery Balgonie Colliery Lochtyside Pit Ore Bridge Works (Flax) Thornton West Junction Tourist/other Thornton North Signal Box [2nd] Balgonie Level Crossing |
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