RAILSCOT | Easthouses Pit

Mine

This pit was on the eastern side of the Shaw's Coal Depot to Lingerwood Mine alignment of the Lothian Coal Co Ltd Railway. It was served from the south.

With the development of the Easthouses Extension Pit to the north production ceased but it remained as a ventilation shaft.

Pit Colliery Mine
07/03/2021

Nearby stations Newtongrange [1st] Newtongrange Dalhousie South Esk Eskbank Dalkeith Eskbank and Dalkeith Glenesk Sheriffhall [2nd] Bonnyrigg Sheriffhall [1st] Broomieknowe Gorebridge Smeaton Lasswade	D^ Arcy Lime Works Bryans Pit Easthouses Extension Pit Shaw^s Quarry Shaw Mine D^ Arcy Mine and Mayfield Quarry Shaw^s Coal Depot Newbattle Gas Works Newbattle Brick and Tile Works Tip Newbattle Signal Box West Bryans Siding Lingerwood Junction [1st] Tourist/other Newbattle Abbey Newton Grange Level Crossing
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.

21/01/1832	Marquis of Lothians Waggonway Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway line extended from Dalhousie by this line to various pits. Initially the line ran eastwards after crossing the South Esk to Bryans Pit. A branch (Arniston Branch (Marquis of Lothian's Waggonway)) was added south to Newbyres Colliery. A much later line was from Bryans Pit which ran south to Lingerwood Mine and northwards to Easthouses Pit (Newbattle Collieries Railway).