Heritage railway stations · Scottish Highlands
Glenrothes with Thornton railway station
Glenrothes with Thornton railway station in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Glenrothes with Thornton railway station is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Glenrothes with Thornton railway station (Usually referred to as Glenrothes) is located in Thornton in Fife, Scotland. It serves the communities of Thornton and Glenrothes. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Fife Circle Line, 31+1⁄4 miles (50.3 km) north of Edinburgh Waverley.
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Background
History
The station is situated on the Dunfermline branch of the Edinburgh and Northern Railway, just west of its divergence from the E&NR main line via a triangular junction. It is a completely new structure, having been built by British Rail with the support of Fife Regional Council to serve the two communities that it is named after. Glenrothes (as a post-war new town) has never had its own station (though station is nearby) whilst Thornton had lost its station (Thornton Junction) on the main line in October 1969 in the aftermath of the Beeching Axe (services on the line westwards to and on the Leven branch had ended at the same time). The successful inauguration of the Fife Circle Line service…
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- Coordinates
- 56.1623, -3.1426
- Address
- Frome |isbn=978-0-9549866-9-8 |chapter=Gaelic/English Station Index }}</ref>
- Established
- 1992
Sources
- wikidata: Q1971591 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Glenrothes with Thornton railway station (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Glenrothes with Thornton railway station?
- Glenrothes with Thornton railway station is in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom.
- When was Glenrothes with Thornton railway station built?
- Built or established in 1992.
- Who owns Glenrothes with Thornton railway station?
- Glenrothes with Thornton railway station is owned by ScotRail.