OS grid reference ST 746 634 Closed 1966 (railway) | Opened 1874 Owner Wessex Water | |
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Line Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway Location c. 2.0 miles from Bath Green Park Length 447 yards (409 m) approx. Address 10 Egerton Rd, Bath BA2 2DP, UK | ||
Devonshire tunnel photo shoot
Devonshire Tunnel is on the closed Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway main line, between Midford and Bath Green Park railway stations, below high ground and the southern suburbs of Bath, England, emerging below the northern slopes of Combe Down village. It opened in 1874 and was named after the road called Devonshire Buildings which lie immediately above the tunnel.
Contents
It now forms one of the eponymous tunnels in the Two Tunnels Greenway.
Lyncombe vale through devonshire tunnel on a fly6
Gradient
The tunnel had a gradient of 1 in 50, on a line where the ruling gradient was also 1 in 50.
References
Devonshire Tunnel Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA