Victoria Tunnel (Liverpool)
- Victoria Tunnel (Liverpool)
The Victoria Tunnel in Liverpool, England is a 2,475 metre long rail tunnel. Opened in 1849, its eastern portal is adjacent to Edge Hill station. The western end opens into a short cutting, which continues into the Waterloo Tunnel. The tunnel closed on 19 November 1972, but a single set of rails still enters the tunnel for a short distance and is used by freight locomotives during shunting manoeuvres.fact|date=September 2008
The Victoria Tunnel was considered as an addition to Merseyrail in 1975. At Liverpool Central station, spur works were built to enable a tunnelled connection to the Victoria Tunnel and so to Edge Hill railway station and the Canada Dock Branch. This plan would have included the reopening of stations such as Breck Road railway station as part of the Merseyrail system.
References
* Moore, Jim (1998) "Underground Liverpool", Liverpool : Bluecoat Press, ISBN 1-872568-43-2
External links
* [http://www.lnwrs.org.uk/Sales/portfolio10.php London and North Western Railway Society website]
* [http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/sites/l/liverpool_edge_hill_cutting/index3.shtml Subterranea Britannica]
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