Myreton Motor Museum 2025
East Lothian
Waggonway Museum 2025
Aims to enhance, interpret and promote the route of Scotland's First Railway, the 1722 Tranent to Cockenzie Waggonway.
Contacts
Operator: 1722 Waggonway Heritage Group
Address: West Harbour Road Cockenzie Prestonpans East Lothian EH32 0HX
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- Website: View website
Open Days & Times
Most Sat 1100-1500. Visit website or facebook for more details.
Travel
- By Rail: Prestonpans / 2 miles
Facilities
- Parking
- Souvenir Shop
- Part disabled access
It was an early waggonway, possibly the first in Scotland, opened in 1722. It was 2 1⁄2 miles (4 km) miles long and connected coal pits at Tranent with the salt pans at Cockenzie and harbour at Port Seton in East Lothian, Scotland. The track was wooden, and wagons were drawn by horses. The Battle of Prestonpans in 1745 was fought across the line.
It was converted to use iron rails in 1815, and was connected to the new main line North British Railway from 1846, later becoming superseded by a branch line of that railway. A section of the original line of route was still in railway use until 1968. Some of the route can be traced to the present day.
