The station was situated south of the A72 and was accessed from a drive from the level crossing to the west.
The station was called Thornilee but it was corrected to Thornielee in March 1872.
There was no signal box but there was a small goods yard on the up side to the west.
The station was never busy and closed to both passengers and goods traffic on 6 November 1950.
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