Woodend Colliery Pit No 5
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MineName and dates
Woodend Colliery Pit No 5 (1870-1979)Served by the New Monkland Line (Monkland Railways).
Description
This colliery was opened around 1870 by the Coltness Iron Company. It was north west of Armadale, West Lothian. The site for which it is principally known was Pit No 5.
The mine was equipped with a Baum washery, which was retained after closure in 1965 to process coal from nearby mines.
The colliery was located at the end of a single track branch from Woodend Junction a junction and marshalling yard on the Airdrie-Bathgate line. On its course the branch also served Blackrigg Colliery and Woodend Colliery pits nos 2 and 4.
The branch closed in 1979. The washery still stood in the 2000s. It no longer stands.
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Woodend CollieryExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
08/10/2023
| Nearby stations Armadale [1st] Blackridge Armadale Westfield Westcraigs Blackston Junction Avonbridge Bathgate Lower Glenellrig Bathgate [1st] Bathgate Upper Bathgate [4th] Bathgate Whitburn Bowhouse | Woodend Colliery Pit No 2 Woodend Coal and Ironstone Pit Woodend Colliery Pit No 4 Barbauchlaw Quarry Armadale Colliery Barbauchlaw Colliery Craigmill Siding Craigrigg Colliery Pit No 2 Craigrigg Brick Works Craigrigg Colliery Pit No 3 Eastrigg Colliery Pit No 1 Craigrigg Colliery Pit No 1 Blackrigg No 1 Colliery West Lothian Steel Foundry Coal and Ironstonw Pit |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Books
 Vanished Railways of West Lothian |
