Allanshaw Colliery
Location type
MineName and dates
Allanshaw CollieryServed by the Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway.
Served by the Cadzow Colliery Branch (Caledonian Railway).
Description
Both the Caledonian Railway and North British Railway served this colliery from lines built in the late 1870s.
Tags
Mine| Nearby stations Peacock Cross Hamilton West Hamilton [NBR] Hamilton Central Burnbank Meikle Earnock Halt Blantyre Foundry Ferniegair [1st] Ferniegair [2nd] Quarter Junction Blantyre Chatelherault Bothwell [North British] Bothwell [CR] Ferniegair [3rd] | Bent Colliery Cadzow Junction Clyde Steel and Engineering Works Hamilton Shed Townsland Colliery Wellhall Colliery Colliery Hamilton Engine Sheds Junction Clyde Colliery Hamilton Gasworks Earnock Sidings Earnock Colliery Pits Nos 1, 2 and 3 Burnbank Signal Box Fairhill Colliery Tourist/other Hamilton Old Parish Church |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Books
 A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Scotland - The Lowlands and the Borders v. 6 (Regional railway history series) |  Forgotten Railways: Scotland |
