Thornton North Signal Box [2nd]

Location type


Name and dates

Thornton North Signal Box [2nd] (1902-1969)

Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.

Opened on the Leven Railway.
Opened on the Edinburgh and Northern Railway.

Description

This signal box was on the northern approaches to Thornton North Junction.

The box was between the main line north and Leven [2nd] branch. It was in line with the main line. It opened in 1902 and Thornton North box, to the south at Thornton North Junction, was renamed Thornton Station.

The Leven [2nd] branch was doubled in 1910.

The box closed in 1969, around the same time that Thornton Junction station closed.

Tags

Signal box
09/06/2019

Nearby stations
Thornton Junction [W&BR]
Thornton Junction
Glenrothes with Thornton
West Wemyss
Markinch
Wemyss Castle
Cameron Bridge [1st]
Dysart
Cameron Bridge
Buckhaven
Sinclairtown [2nd]
Sinclairtown [1st]
Leslie
Methil
Kirkcaldy
Balgonie Disposal Point
Balgonie Colliery Lochtyside Pit
Thornton North Junction
Balgonie Colliery Julian Pit
Crane
Earlseat Loading Pad
Lochty Bleachfield Works
Thornton East Junction
Thornton Shed [1st]
Thornton West Junction [1st]
Thornton South Junction
Thornton Colliery
Tourist/other
Balgonie Level Crossing
Double Dykes Level Crossing
Tullybreck Level Crossing
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.


Books


A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: The North of Scotland v. 15 (Regional railway history series)

Burntisland: Fife's Railway Port (Locomotion papers)

Fife's Last Days of Steam

Fife's Lost Railways

Railways of Fife

Scotland’s Lost Branch Lines: Where Beeching Got It Wrong

The Railways of Fife