barnsdale tunnel

Barnsdale Tunnel - West Yorkshire, July 2020. Situated on the Hull & Barnsley railway, the 1226 yard Barnsdale Tunnel was opened on the 20th July 1885, westbound traffic would emerge from the tunnel and head towards Wrangbrook Jn which was the diverging point for the Wath & Denaby branch lines...

MY RE VISIT Well i think my first ever post on here was of barnsdale in 2005 or something so i thought it was time for an update. Barnsdale is the second nearest tunnel to where i live after Brierley but with that one been half filled in this is the best of the two. The people of Upton are proud...

visited here a while back but have only got around to posting a report about it ,barnsdale tunnel was a tunnel on the line from hull to the stairfoot roundabout in barnsley a double track line opened in 1885 and at 1276 yards its just short of a mile both portals are fenced of now and we needed...

The longest tunnel nearest to home and after looking on forgotten relics and seeing it was open decided to take a drive up the A1 to explore it. Unfortunately when we found the portal next to the barnsdale bar services, we realised the photos online were out of date and the portal was now clad...

Barnsdale tunnel is on the disused Hull and Barnsley Line and is 1,226 yards long with 3 air shafts all capped.The western portal starts in Upton and eastern portal is found adjacent to the northbound service area on the A1 at Barnsdale Bar. Opened on 20th July 1885, the line through the tunnel...

First explore en route to the legendary Sheffield meet. Also visited the Doctor’s House, and one other fail. Still, 2 out of 3 is good, and the site that defeated us will get a return visit in the future. First tunnel I’ve been able to take the DSLR down, and despite how dark it is in...

On our way to the Sheffield meet myself and the Wombat stopped of at Barnsdale tunnel. Nice easy start to the weekend, when the Wombat remembered his torch at second asking. A bit of history. Explored with The Wombat (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)...

My first post on here and one of my first proper explores. Visited by me and a few friends on my uni course. History Opened in 1885, the Hull, Barnsley & West Riding Junction Railway was the last substantial completely new railway built in Britain. Intended to break the monopoly of...

Visited with Coops. This place has been quite high on my 'to-do' list for a while, I am glad to have finally ticked it off. 'The Hull & Barnsley’s westbound traffic emerged from Barnsdale’s 1,226 yards of darkness into a sheer-sided limestone cutting before arriving at Wrangbrook...

The Barnsdale tunnel is a very straight 1226 yards in length, and was opened in the 1880's. The last passengers would have peered out into the dark in 1932, although trains steamed through here until 1959. A walk through an overgrown cutting and the south western portal appears through the...

It was a beautiful sunny spring morning in South Yorkshire, so what better way to enjoy it than go for a walk in a tunnel :crazy Bit of history from www.hullandbarnsleyrailway.org.uk/ The Barnsdale Tunnel cuts under the A1[edit:actually it doesn't go under the A1] right next to Barnsdale Bar...

Last week I was sent to Newcastle by my employers, but I managed to get a look at a couple of places on the way up. I stopped at Barnsdale Tunnel and Prospect Tunnel. My first stop was the 1226 Yard Barnsdale Tunnel near Doncaster. OK, not new to 28DL, but a new one for me. I approached it...

Visited on 5/01/08 Previous Report here : http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=17309&highlight=ragamuffin Equipment Used: -Canon 300d -Maglite Seeing as i haven't been on an explore in a few months (been busy making a zombie Film :thumb) i thought i'd ease myself...

Visited on Saturday with Biofox and mi Dad. Thanks to RikJ for the location :thumb Lil bit of history on this one for ya.... "The Hull and Barnsley Railway 1885-1967 A group of Hull business men who were tired of the stranglehold which the North Eastern Railway and the Hull Dock...