RAILSCOT | Raith Colliery Sidings

Place

Raith Colliery Sidings (1884-1934)

Opened on the Dunfermline Branch (Edinburgh and Northern Railway).

These sidings were south of Cowdenbeath [1st] station and north of Cowdenbeath South Junction. There were colliery exchange sidings and junctions for mineral lines.

A mineral line ran north east to the Little Raith Colliery. This served Raith Colliery Dora Pit, Raith Colliery Lady Pit, Raith Colliery Gordon Pit and Raith Colliery Whiskey Neuk Pit.

Another mineral line ran west to the Hill of Beath Colliery Engine Pit and Hill of Beath Colliery West Pit.

Both branches had exchange sidings by their junction.

Raith Colliery Sidings signal box opened here in 1884, replaced in 1915. This was on the west side of the main line, with the exchange sidings for the Hill of Beath mineral line to its west.

The Hill of Beath line closed first, followed by the Raith line. The box closed in 1934.

Sidings junction
08/09/2023

Nearby stations Cowdenbeath (Old) Cowdenbeath Crossgates (Fife) Halbeath Kelty Lochgelly Dunfermline Queen Margaret Aberdour Donibristle Platform Dalgety Bay Cardenden Dunfermline (Comely Park) Blairadam Dunfermline Upper Dunfermline City	Hill of Beath Colliery Sidings Mossbeath Colliery Sidings Hill of Beath Washery Donibristle Colliery James Pit Donibristle Colliery Marion Pit Cowdenbeath Tram Depot Cowdenbeath South Junction Kirkford Colliery Junction Alice Pit Mossbeath Colliery Cowdenbeath Colliery Pit No 3 Raith Colliery Lady Pit Cowdenbeath Colliery Pit No 8 Raith Colliery Dora Pit Cowdenbeath Colliery Pit No 7
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.