Burdale Tunnel

Burdale Tunnel

The Burdale Tunnel is a railway tunnel on the now abandoned Malton & Driffield Railway (MDR). It lies near the village of Burdale in North Yorkshire, between the former Burdale and Wharram railway stations, and was built to take the rail line through the hills of the Yorkshire Wolds.

Construction began in 1847 with the sinking of three vertical shafts, but the tunnel, which was 1774 yards (1622 m) in length, was not completed until 1853. The MDR has been closed since 1958, and the tunnel portals have been bricked up since 1961.

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*West (North) Portal:
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**http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/83192
*East (South) Portal:
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**http://photosforthefuture.thehistorychannel.co.uk/?cmd=ecard&photo_id=273 (This picture is incorrectly captioned as 1958, when in fact the bricking up took place in 1961.)
**http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/30840 (This picture is incorrectly geo-referenced.)


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  • Burdale railway station — Burdale (gbmappingsmall|SE872624) was a railway station on the Malton Driffield Railway, situated south of the 1746 yard Burdale Tunnel. It opened on 19 May 1853, and served the hamlet and large quarry at Burdale. It closed on 5 June… …   Wikipedia

  • Malton and Driffield Railway — The approximate route of the Malton and Driffield Railway. Note that the stations were often a considerable distance from the villages they served. Dates of operation 1853–Passenger: 1950 Freight: 1958 Successor …   Wikipedia

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