Benhar Pits Junction
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Benhar Pits Junction (1864-1930)Opened on the Shotts Branch (Monkland Railways).
Description
This was the junction between the 1860-62 line from Westcraigs to Shotts Loops and the West Benhar Branch (North British Railway) of 1864. Both railways were single track minerals lines.
The signal box here closed in 1899, replaced by that further north at Benhar Level Crossing Signal Box.
Much of the formation was obliterated by later mining. The branch closed in the 1930s but the main line was to survive until 1963.
The location was also known as West Benhar Junction.
Tags
JunctionAliases
West Benhar Junction| Nearby stations Shotts Westcraigs Blackridge Fauldhouse Headlesscross Fauldhouse and Crofthead Blackhall Forrestfield Hartwood Armadale [1st] Longridge [2nd] Longridge [1st] Armadale Breich Whitburn | Benhar Colliery Pit No 18 Benhar Colliery Pit No 3 [2nd] Benhar Colliery Pit No 3 [1st] Benhar Colliery Pit No 19 Benhar Colliery Pit No 2 Benhar Explosives Works Fauldheads Colliery Pit No 24 Brownhill Colliery Pit No 17 Benhar Colliery Pit No 5 Coal Pit Benhar Colliery Pit No 21 Harthill Siding Hassockrigg Colliery Pit No 1 Tourist/other Benhar Level Crossing Signal Box Peden^s Stone |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
