Earlseat Loading Pad
Location type
PlaceName and dates
Earlseat Loading Pad (2012-)Opened on the Leven Railway.
Description
This loading pad opened in 2012 for loading of opencast coal which was extracted, by opencast, at the site of the former Earlseat Colliery, to the south. A loop was laid on the south side of the former Leven Railway railway 2/3 of a mile north east of Thornton North Junction. The site was just south of the former Balgonie Colliery Julian Pit bing.
The siding was only used briefly and has been taken out. The opencast closed.
Tags
Siding08/08/2019
| Nearby stations Thornton Junction [W&BR] Thornton Junction West Wemyss Glenrothes with Thornton Markinch Wemyss Castle Cameron Bridge [1st] Cameron Bridge Buckhaven Dysart Sinclairtown [2nd] Sinclairtown [1st] Methil Leslie Leven [1st] | Balgonie Colliery Julian Pit Balgonie Colliery Lochtyside Pit Balgonie Disposal Point Thornton North Junction Crane Earlseat Colliery Lochty Bleachfield Works Thornton East Junction Thornton Shed [1st] Thornton South Junction Thornton West Junction [1st] Tourist/other Double Dykes Level Crossing Balgonie Level Crossing Thornton North Signal Box [2nd] Tullybreck Level Crossing |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 12/08/2012 | Leven Railway New Earlseat Loading Pad opens for opencast coal. |
Books
 Scotland’s Lost Branch Lines: Where Beeching Got It Wrong |
