Location type

Mine

Name and dates

Craighead Colliery Pits Nos 1 and 2

Opened on the Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway.

Description

This colliery was served by both the North British Railway's Hamilton branch from Craighead Signal Box and the Caledonian Railway's Hamilton branch from Strathaven Junction Yard.

The NBR approached from the north and the CR from the south.