Leven Colliery Branch (Fife Coal Company)

Introduction

Private railway owned by the Fife Coal Company who operated a number of coalmines in the Leven to Muiredge area.




Dates

  /  /1877Fife Coal Company
Sinking of Leven Colliery Nos 1 and 2 Pits begins. Served by the private Leven Colliery Branch (Fife Coal Company).

Portions of line and locations

This line is divided into a number of portions.


Muiredge to Leven or Methil

This mineral line ran east from Muiredge through the Leven Colliery to what is now Methil.

This was the terminus of a short goods and mineral branch from Cameron Bridge [1st] built by the Leven and East of Fife Railway. The location has a complex history going through a number of different layouts.
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More details

See also
Leven Railway






Bridge carrying Wellesley Road over the mineral line from Leven Colliery to the interchange at Methil Docks, seen in April 2018.
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Bill Roberton 28/04/2018
Bridge carrying Wellesley Road, Methil, over the Fife Coal Company's railway from Leven Colliery to Methil Docks. See image 63993 for a more recent ...
Bill Roberton //1990
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