RAILSCOT | Lochore and Redford Extension (North British Railway)

Lochore and Redford Extension (North British Railway)

Dates

/ /1919	Lochore and Redford Extension (North British Railway) Lochore Branch extended from Kinglassie Colliery to Redford Junction, forming a long mineral railway running from Kelty to Redford Junction serving several collieries.
/ /1957	Westfield to Kinglassie Line (North British Railway) Lochore and Redford Extension (North British Railway) Signal box built at Kinglassie Colliery.
/ /1964	Westfield to Kinglassie Line (North British Railway) Lochore and Redford Extension (North British Railway) Mallaig Extension (West Highland Railway) Unused signal box at Kinglassie Colliery moved to the Mallaig Extension (West Highland Railway) to become Annat Signal Box, for the Scottish Pulp and Paper Mills (opened in 1966).
/ /1966	Lochore and Redford Extension (North British Railway) Westfield to Kinglassie Line (North British Railway) Lochore Branch (North British Railway) Line closed between Kirkness Farm Siding, Capeldrae, (excluded) and Lochore Colliery Mary Pit (excluded).
/05/1991	Westfield to Kinglassie Line (North British Railway) Lochore and Redford Extension (North British Railway) Kirkness Farm Siding to Westfield Disposal Point [1st] (for the Westfield Opencast) to Redford Junction (excluded) closed.
/ /2000	Lochore and Redford Extension (North British Railway) Last coal slurry train from Westfield Opencast to Methil Power Station.
/04/2004	Lochore and Redford Extension (North British Railway) Approx date of re-opening to Westfield Disposal Point [2nd] for coal loading from extension to the Westfield Opencast. The line east from Westfield had been re-aligned previously to allow site expansion.