 The coal was distributed both locally and nationally through major railway links, much of which was built specifically for the distribution of goods.The colliery's railways were linked to neighbouring Great Western Railway lines.This originally was the "Wheatsheaf Branch" which ran from the Wheatsheaf Junction of the Chester line, then up a worked incline up Gwersyllt Hill, and then through the 220 ft Summerhill Tunnel to Westminster Colliery.