Balmule Junction
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Balmule JunctionOpened on the West of Fife Mineral Railway.
Description
This junction was at the north end of the West of Fife Mineral Railway's Elgin Colliery branch. It was close to the end of the branch near Elgin Colliery Arthur Pit. Reversal at the junction allowed access to Elgin Colliery Balmule Pit, Elgin Colliery Drumtuthil Pit and Lochhead Fire Clay Works.
Tags
Junction01/02/2023
| Nearby stations Dunfermline Upper Dunfermline City Dunfermline [1st] Dunfermline (Comely Park) Dunfermline Nethertown [2nd] Dunfermline Queen Margaret Halbeath Cairneyhill Oakley (Fife) Rosyth Crossgates (Fife) Braeside Halt Charlestown [1st] Charlestown Torryburn | Elgin Colliery Arthur Pit Elgin Colliery Balmule Pit Lochhead Fire Clay Works Elgin Colliery Rosebank Pit No 1 Elgin Colliery Drumtuthil Pit Rosebank Mains Open Cast Derby Pit Elgin Colliery Tom Pit Wellwood Colliery Leadside Pit Nos 1 and 2 Derby Mine No 2 Elgin Colliery Rosebank Pit No 2 Elgin Colliery Hunter Pit Lochend Siding Elgin Colliery Fernieknowe Pit Tourist/other Barmule Crossing |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Books
 A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: The North of Scotland v. 15 (Regional railway history series) |  Fife's Lost Railways |  Railways of Fife |  The Railways of Fife |
