The tunnel was used by passenger services until dudley s station closed in 1964. The 550 yard long railway tunnel dated from early 1860s and the line through it was not straight but in the shape of a flattened s.
The pensnett canal a short branch from the dudley tunnel entrance to the round oak area had also been constructed.
Dudley railway tunnel. Dudley tunnel is a canal tunnel on the dudley canal line no 1 england at about 3 172 yards 2 900 5 m long it is now the second longest canal tunnel on the uk canal network today. Dudley railway tunnel is a railway tunnel located near to the former dudley railway station in dudley west midlands england. A cable laying train passed through the tunnel on 2nd july 1993.
It was opened in 1850 to allow the oxford worcester wolverhampton line between stourbridge and wolverhampton to pass for several hundred yards beneath a hilly area of dudley which would have been difficult if not impossible to have constructed a railway through. Image caption the council said the scheme was a major coup for dudley a west midlands railway line which has been closed to passengers for 50 years could be reopened in a 20m scheme. Standedge tunnel is the longest at 5 456 yards 4 989 0 m and the 3 931 yards 3 594 5 m higham and strood tunnel is now rail only however since the dudley tunnel is not continuous this status is sometimes.
By 1850 the round oak iron works was in production and the first lines of the pensnett railway had been constructed to supply the works with coal. Dudley railway tunnel is a railway tunnel located near to the former dudley railway station in dudley west midlands england it was opened in 1850 to allow the oxford worcester wolverhampton line between stourbridge and wolverhampton to pass for several hundred yards beneath a hilly area of dudley which would have been difficult if not impossible to have constructed a. Two independent railway companies would vie to link dudley with the national system in the mid 1840s with the oxford worcester wolverhampton railway ow wr heading north from oxford to wolverhampton and the south staffordshire railway ssr heading south west from walsall.
However goods trains continued to use the line until 19th march 1993 when the section between walsall and brierley hill was mothballed. Dudley railway tunnel is a railway tunnel located near to the former dudley railway station in dudley west midlands england it was opened in 1850 to allow the oxford worcester wolverhampton line between stourbridge and wolverhampton to pass for several hundred yards beneath a hilly area of dudley which would have been difficult if not. The tunnel has occasionally made the news in the years since.
Dudley railway tunnel is a railway tunnel located near to the former dudley railway station in dudley west midlands england it was opened in 1850 to allow the oxford worcester wolverhampton line between stourbridge and wolverhampton to pass for several hundred yards beneath a hilly area of dudley which would have been difficult if not impossible to have constructed a railway through.
Dudley Railway Tunnel February 2016 Oblivion State Urban Exploration Community
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