Where is Thornton Marshalling Yard, Hump Box?

Thornton Marshalling Yard, Hump Box is in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom (postcode KY1 4DN).

How do I get to Thornton Marshalling Yard, Hump Box?

The nearest railway station is Glenrothes with Thornton, about 3.5 km away. Drivers can use postcode KY1 4DN.

Who owns Thornton Marshalling Yard, Hump Box?

Thornton Marshalling Yard, Hump Box is owned by Network Rail.

Is Thornton Marshalling Yard, Hump Box free to visit?

Yes, Thornton Marshalling Yard, Hump Box is free to enter.

How do I get to Thornton Marshalling Yard, Hump Box?

The nearest railway station is Glenrothes with Thornton, about 3.5 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode KY1 4DN.

Natural landmarks · Central Scotland

Thornton Marshalling Yard, Hump Box

In or near Kinglassie.

Free admission

Thornton Marshalling Yard, Hump Box in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.

CCTV, Maukinrich - geograph.org.uk - 6377741 — Richard Webb — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence

Plan your visit

Typical visit: 1 h–2 h
Nearest railway station: Glenrothes with Thornton · 3.5 km

Free entry
Dog-friendly

Getting there & planning your visit

To visit Thornton Marshalling Yard, Hump Box in Fife, the nearest railway station is Glenrothes with Thornton, located 3.5 km away. Entry is free.

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Thornton Marshalling Yard, Hump Box 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

Thornton Marshalling Yard was a railway freight marshalling yard near to the village of Thornton, in Fife, Scotland. The site opened to traffic in 1956, and was gradually rundown over the intervening years, being largely abandoned and derelict by the second decade of the 21st century as traffic fell away. However, some of the infrastructure is still in place. The railway yard was the first of the newer marshalling yards created by British Rail to have a second set of retarders for wagons to travel through when descending the hump.

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Background

Architecture

Thornton Marshalling Yard extended for 1.5 mi, with six reception sidings and 35 sorting sidings. Independent up and down avoiding lines sandwiched the yard, with the passenger lines set to the south of the yard. It had a single hump at the west end, so traffic was sorted towards the easterly direction over a central hump which had two lines, each having of these lines had a retarder. The practice of sorting both up and down traffic in one location avoids the need to have two towers and two sets of staff sorting the traffic. Thornton was the first yard in Britain built with a set of secondary retarders to help slow the speed of the wagons descending off the hump. The hump had been built to…

Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Coordinates: 56.1598, -3.1995
District: Fife
Postcode: KY1 4DN
Parliamentary constituency: Glenrothes and Mid Fife
Established: 1956
Nearest railway station: Glenrothes with Thornton — 3.5 km

Sources

wikidata: Q114019138 (CC0)
wikipedia: Thornton Marshalling Yard (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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