Fordell Colliery Lady Anne Pit

Location type

Mine

Name and dates

Fordell Colliery Lady Anne Pit


Nearby stations
Crossgates (Fife)
Cowdenbeath (Old)
Cowdenbeath
Halbeath
Dunfermline Queen Margaret
Donibristle Platform
Aberdour
Dalgety Bay
Kelty
Lochgelly
Dunfermline (Comely Park)
Inverkeithing
Rosyth
Dunfermline City
Dunfermline Upper
Fordell Colliery Pit No 9
Fordell Colliery William Pit
Fordell Colliery George Pit
Fordell
Coal Pit
Venerable
Donibristle Colliery Isabella Pit
Donibristle Colliery Pits Nos 12 and 15
Holborn Pit
Phoenix Foundry [Crossgates]
Coal Pit
Alice Pit
Cowdenbeath South Junction
Moss Plantation
Donibristle Colliery Marion Pit
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.


Chronology Dates

  /  /1894Fordell Estate
Fordell Colliery Lady Anne Pit goes into full production when connection to the Fordell Railway opened. The non-standard gauge of the Fordell Railway meant that three rails had to be laid. Coal from the Fordell Colliery George Pit could also go by either system.
  /08/1946Fordell Railway
Closed between St David's Harbour and Fordell Colliery Lady Anne Pit and Fordell Colliery William Pit. St David's Harbour closed. Coal sent by the remaining portion of the Fordell Railway from Fordell Colliery Lady Anne Pit and Fordell Colliery William Pit to the Fordell Colliery Alice Pit pit for trans-shipment.