RAILSCOT | Lumphinnans Colliery Pits Nos 11 and 12

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Lumphinnans Colliery Pits Nos 11 and 12 (1896-1966)

Served by the Kinross-shire Railway.
Open on the Fife Coal Co Ltd.

Lumphinnans No 11 was opened beside the Kinross-shire Railway south of Kelty station (and the later Kelty South Junction by the Cowdenbeath Coal Company.

The Fife Coal Co Ltd took control in 1896 and opened the No 12 pit in 1924.

Nearby stations Kelty Lochgelly Cowdenbeath Cowdenbeath (Old) Blairadam Crossgates (Fife) Cardenden Halbeath Dunfermline Queen Margaret Loch Leven Curler^s Platform Kinross [2nd] Loch Leven Aberdour Dunfermline Upper Dunfermline (Comely Park)	Kelty South Junction Kelty Coup Aitken Colliery Kelty North Junction Lumphinnans North Junction Lindsay Colliery Pits Nos 4 and 5 Kelty Tramway Bridge Kelty Yard Lumphinnans Central Junction Lumphinnans East Junction Cowdenbeath North Junction Lumphinnans No 1 Colliery Lumphinnans West Junction ^Mary^ Colliery Tourist/other Loch Ore
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.

/ /	Cowdenbeath Coal Company Opened Lumphinnans Colliery Pits Nos 11 and 12 - pit Xi opened (Xii opened later).
/ /1896	Cowdenbeath Coal Company Fife Coal Company Taken over by the Fife Coal Company. The FCC takes over Cowdenbeath Colliery Pit No 7, Cowdenbeath Pit No 9 (recently sunk), Lumphinnans Colliery Pits Nos 11 and 12. Kirkford Colliery (Cowdenbeath Colliery No 10) is sunk by new company.
/ /1924	Fife Coal Company Lumphinnans Colliery Pits Nos 11 and 12 - No Xii pit opened.
/ /1928	Fife Coal Company Lumphinnans Colliery Pits Nos 11 and 12 washery opened.
/ /1966	National Coal Board Lumphinnans Colliery Pits Nos 11 and 12 closed.