Polkemmet Colliery
Location type
MineName and dates
Polkemmet CollieryServed by the Greenrigg, Cultrigg and Polkemmet Collieries Railway.
Open on the William Dixon Ltd.
| Nearby stations Armadale [1st] Longridge [2nd] Whitburn Longridge [1st] Armadale Fauldhouse and Crofthead Bents Foulshiels Fauldhouse Breich Blackridge Westcraigs Headlesscross Bathgate Upper Bathgate [4th] | Cultrigg Colliery Pit No 2 Cultrigg Colliery Pit No 4 Cultrigg Colliery Pit No 1 Polkemmet Country Park Greenrigg Colliery Crofthead Colliery Pit No 7 Coal Pit Coal Pit Crofthead Iron Mine No 1 Coal Pit Fauldhouse Colliery Pit No 9 Benhar Colliery Pits Nos 6 and 14 Eastfield Engine Ironstone Pit Eastfield Iron Mine No 4 Tourist/other Polkemmet House |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 17/07/1986 | Greenrigg, Cultrigg and Polkemmet Collieries Railway (William Dixon Ltd) Benhar Branch (Caledonian Railway) Polkemmet Colliery line out of use. |
| /04/1990 | Benhar Branch (Caledonian Railway) Greenrigg, Cultrigg and Polkemmet Collieries Railway (William Dixon Ltd) Polkemmet Colliery to Benhar Junction (excluded) officially closed. |
Books
 Mining the Lothians |
