Easton Colliery
Location type
MineName and dates
Easton Colliery (1898-1973)Description
This colliery was west of Bathgate. It was developed by the Balbardie Colliery Company. From 1939 it was owned by Bairds and Scottish Steel. Easton Farm was to its north.
The colliery was rail served. A short mineral line ran from Bathgate Lower entering from the east.
The mine closed in 1973 when the line was abandoned.
The site is now farmland and forest.
Tags
Mine colliery pit
| Nearby stations Bathgate Lower Bathgate [1st] Bathgate Upper Bathgate [4th] Bathgate Armadale Armadale [1st] Whitburn Westfield Foulshiels Blackston Junction Blackridge Bowhouse Avonbridge Livingston [1st] | Saw Mills West Lothian Steel Rolling Mill and Shovel Works Hopetoun Steel Works Bathgate Brass Foundry Bathgate West Junction [1st] Coal Pit Polkemmet Junction Boghead Works Balbardie Steel Works Bathgate West Junction [2nd] Couston Branch Junction Colinshiel Colliery Pit No 1 Iron and Gas Coal Pit Boghead Junction Iron and Coal Pit |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 03/09/1973 | Torbanehill and Bathgate Branch (Monkland Railways) Easton Colliery to Bathgate Lower to Bathgate Upper (excluded) closed to freight. |
