Natural landmarks · Scottish Highlands
Thornton Marshalling Yard, Hump Box
Thornton Marshalling Yard, Hump Box in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.
Richard Webb — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
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.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 56.1598, -3.1995
- Address
- Thornton, Fife, Scotland
- Established
- 1956
Sources
- wikidata: Q114019138 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Thornton Marshalling Yard (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Thornton Marshalling Yard, Hump Box?
- Thornton Marshalling Yard, Hump Box is in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom.
- When was Thornton Marshalling Yard, Hump Box built?
- Built or established in 1956.
- Who owns Thornton Marshalling Yard, Hump Box?
- Thornton Marshalling Yard, Hump Box is owned by Network Rail.