Westfield Opencast
Location type
MineName and dates
Westfield Opencast (1955-2008)Station code: National Rail
Description
This open cast mine opened in 1955.
It was served by the North British Railway line which was built from Kelty to Kirkness Colliery and extended by the London and North Eastern Railway to Redford Junction.
On opening the site was served from both east and west. A series of looped sidings were on the north side of the existing line, to the west of these were sidings served from the west, below the loading point. Coal was sent east to Methil Power Station (opened 1965 to burn coal slurry). The line west to Kelty was closed in 1966.
The site closed in 1998. It opened again in 2008 for a final extraction of coal. For this most of the old track was lifted. Expansion of the opencast site had destroyed the approach from the east and a new alignment was needed. In its final form there was a loading pad in the looped sidings yard where coal was loaded by digger as the conveyors and loading are had been removed. A single long loop sufficed.
Tags
Mine opencastExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
| Nearby stations Cardenden Lochgelly Kelty Leslie Blairadam Cowdenbeath Cowdenbeath (Old) Loch Leven Curler^s Platform Kinross [2nd] Loch Leven Mawcarse Glenrothes with Thornton Kinross [1st] Kinross Junction [1st] Kinross Junction [2nd] | Westfield Disposal Point [2nd] Westfield Disposal Point [1st] Kirkness Colliery Lurgi Gas Plant [End of line] Capeldrae Colliery Kirkness Farm Siding Capeldrae Colliery Kinninmonth Colliery Upper Pit Kinninmonth Colliery Lower Pit Rosewell Colliery Pit No 2 Rosewell Colliery Pit No 3 Rosewell Colliery Pit No 1 Ballingry Siding Craighead Colliery |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
