Southfield New Pit

Location type

Mine

Name and dates

Southfield New Pit

Served by the Lesmahagow Railway.

Chronology Dates

01/11/1862Lesmahagow Railway
North Southfield (probably Southfield Old Pit) to Southfield (probably Southfield New Pit) opened to minerals.
11/05/1863Lesmahagow Railway
Caledonian Railway authorised to double Motherwell to Southfield (probably Southfield New Pit) and to run passengers trains to Lesmahagow [1st], the Stonehouse [Lanarkshire] branch and the Blackwood [1st] branch. The Caledonian Railway owns the Lesmahagow Lines by this time. Deviation, improvement and extension authorised.