Where is Glenrothes with Thornton railway station?

Glenrothes with Thornton railway station is in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom (postcode KY1 4BX).

How do I get to Glenrothes with Thornton railway station?

The nearest railway station is Glenrothes with Thornton, about 0.0 km away. Drivers can use postcode KY1 4BX.

Who owns Glenrothes with Thornton railway station?

Glenrothes with Thornton railway station is owned by ScotRail.

Is Glenrothes with Thornton railway station free to visit?

Yes, Glenrothes with Thornton railway station is free to enter.

How do I get to Glenrothes with Thornton railway station?

The nearest railway station is Glenrothes with Thornton, about 0.0 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode KY1 4BX.

Heritage railway stations · Central Scotland

Glenrothes with Thornton railway station

Also known as: Gleann Ráthais & Baile nan Dealgan

In or near Coaltown of Wemyss.

Free admission

Glenrothes with Thornton railway station in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.

Middlefield Pit Beam Engine House - geograph.org.uk - 8069537 — Malcolm Street — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence

Plan your visit

Typical visit: 1 h–2 h
Nearest railway station: Glenrothes with Thornton · 0.0 km

Free entry

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.

Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.

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…

Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Coordinates: 56.1623, -3.1426
District: Fife
Postcode: KY1 4BX
Parliamentary constituency: Glenrothes and Mid Fife
Established: 1992
Nearest railway station: Glenrothes with Thornton — 0 km

Sources

wikidata: Q1971591 (CC0)
wikipedia: Glenrothes with Thornton railway station (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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