Thornton Junction railway station served the village of

Thornton, Fife Thornton ( sco, Thorntoun) is a village in Fife, Scotland. It is between Kirkcaldy and Glenrothes, and stands between the River Ore and Lochty Burn, which are at opposite ends of the main street. The Church of Scotland parish church was built in 1 ...

, Scotland from 1847 to 1969 on the

Fife Coast Railway The Fife Coast Railway was a railway line running round the southern and eastern part of the county of Fife, in Scotland. It was built in stages by four railway companies: * the Leven Railway opened the section from a junction at Thornton, Fif ...

History

The station opened on 17 September 1847 as Thornton by the

Edinburgh and Northern Railway The Edinburgh and Northern Railway was a railway company authorised in 1845 to connect Edinburgh to both Perth and Dundee. It relied on ferry crossings of the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Tay, but despite those disadvantages it proved extreme ...

. It was situated north of the triangle junction. The name was changed to Thornton Junction by the LNER on 1 July 1923. The station closed to both passengers and goods traffic on 6 October 1969.

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Disused railway stations in Fife Former North British Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1847 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1969 1847 establishments in Scotland 1969 disestablishments in Scotland {{Fife-railstation-stub