Earlseat Colliery
Location type
MineName and dates
Earlseat CollieryServed by the Wemyss Private Railway.
Description
This colliery was served by a branch of the Wemyss Private Railway.
The drift mine here closed in 1958. Opencast mining ceased in 1961.
Opencasting restarted around 2002. As part of the planning a 'railway halt' (loading pad) was to be established to the north at Earlseat Loading Pad. This did not open until 2012 and remained open only briefly.
Tags
Colliery mine opencast
| Nearby stations West Wemyss Thornton Junction [W&BR] Thornton Junction Wemyss Castle Glenrothes with Thornton Cameron Bridge [1st] Buckhaven Markinch Cameron Bridge Dysart Sinclairtown [2nd] Sinclairtown [1st] Methil Leven [1st] Leven | Earlseat Loading Pad Wellesley Colliery Duncan Pit Wellesley Colliery Lady Lilian Pit Wellesley Colliery Lochhead Colliery Balgonie Colliery Julian Pit Thornton East Junction Thornton North Junction Crane Balgonie Disposal Point Thornton South Junction Thornton Shed [1st] Tourist/other Tullybreck Level Crossing Double Dykes Level Crossing Balgonie Level Crossing Thornton North Signal Box [2nd] |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
