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As a first post im going to do my best here, it starts as me and a friend meet up at highgate. To our knowledge the surface level part of station hasnt been used since 1954. While closed off its lingered on top allowing vegetation to fester yet power has remained running and i believe it is...

Moseley Green Tunnel (503 Yards) Severn & Wye Rly. Opened 1872 - Closed 1951 The Severn & Wye Railway was authorised by an Act of Parliament in 1809 and opened the following year as a horse-drawn tramway. In 1865 five locomotives were purchased and the route was mostly converted to broad...

Porto Palermo disused submarine tunnels - Albania DISCLAIMER First and foremost, I want to make it clear the risks of entering this place now compared to how it was in the past. If you google this location online you'll see a few blog posts and youtube video explores that make it look easy...

History: Highgate station: Highgate station was originally constructed by the Edgware, Highgate and London Railway in the 1860s on its line from Finsbury Park station to Edgware station. Before the line was opened, it was purchased in July 1867 by the larger Great Northern Railway (GNR)whose...

History: Sygun Copper Mine is a Victorian copper mine which closed in 1903 but was renovated and reopened by the Amies family as a tourist attraction in 1986, focusing on audio-visual tours of the underground workings. It is still open to the public today. Sygun Copper Mine was once a main...

The history : Opened 1876 Closed 1956 971 yards long. Work on Withcall Tunnel got underway in January 1852 with the driving of a 10 foot heading through sandstone and chalk. The Louth & Lincoln Railway’s original plan was for a bore of 803 yards but this was extended to 971 yards when a...

The Bramcote Secondary School The history: Bramcote school was the first school to be built on the Bramcote Hills Site. In 1948 it opened as a Secondary Modern boys school named Bramcote Hills Boys School, and was previously a hospital in ww2. Bramcote Park Comprehensive School became a...

Brunswick Tunnel And Air Raid Shelter. The rather long winded write up: The York and North Midland Railway opened in 1839, connecting York with the Leeds and Selby Railway and in 1840 with the North Midland Railway at Normanton near Leeds. The line was largely financed by George Hudson who...

Soothill (Woodkirk) Tunnel: Opened: 1890 Closed: 1953 659 Yards long. The Great Northern's 4¾ mile connection between Batley and Beeston Junction, on the Leeds branch of the East Coast Main Line, opened for goods traffic in July 1890, with passenger services introduced a month later. The...

History: Now known as the Meon Valley Trail, this railway stretched for 10 miles and started from West Meon to Wickham. The line opened in 1903 and closed in 1955. Trip: I firstly came across this disused railway line when I was on a 2 day walk in the South Downs (Started from Winchester and...

History The Tower Subway, is the second oldest tunnel which runs beneath the Thames. Construction of the tunnel first began in 1869, and continued until it's completion date in late 1870. Tower Subway, would be the first of it's kind to be lined using cast iron, as opposed to bricks, which had...

Standedge tunnels. The Standedge Tunnels are four parallel tunnels through the Pennine Hills at the Standedge crossing between Marsden and Diggle. 3 are Railway Tunnels the other is a Canal Tunnel. The Double Line North Tunnel is still live, as is the Canal Tunnel, The Central (Nicholson) and...

Ingarsby Tunnel - 516yards* March 2020. Ingarsby Tunnel sometimes referred to as Thurnby tunnel or Square Spinney tunnel although I’ve only ever known it as Ingarsby, lies to the east of Leicester. Opened in 1882, and closed in 1964. It has been infilled at the eastern portal, but the western...

Closed since 2007, as many of us know the site of the former Stanton Ironworks in Derbyshire is a wasteland and a ghost of itself. Once boasting miles upon miles of internal railways, surprisingly 12 years after closure the railway from the Erewash valley mainline is still intact, and largely...

I noticed this one hadnt been done recently and its been on my list for a long time so i jumped at the change when i got asked to go. If you plan on going in through the Eastern end dont make the mistake i did and park near the farmers house as he doesnt like people going through his field so...

Hi Guys! We recently walked & explored the long disused trackbed between Barrow Hill & Seymour Junction in Derbyshire, via Foxlow & Hall Lane Junctions. Most track was lifted or stolen half a dozen years back, however a fair few relics still remain including track, signalling and an odd little...

So decided to go and check out the Mapperley train tunnel and sadly when I got there the tunnel was double fenced (took a picture with my smart phone as I was only checking the area out) Aside from that the area was a really nice area so will possibly be going back to take some pictures of the...

I took a walk from start to finish along the former Welbeck Colliery Branch Line in Nottinghashire recently. This line closed shortly after the Colliery did back in 2010, amazing all track is still present, a few signals, signs and even a few signaling telephones too! It's a wonder that this is...

Hi everyone, this is my first time posting, so new to all this. Recently We took a trip & a good light to the 501 Yard long Spinkhill Tunnel in Derbyshire. The 501 yards long tunnel was opened by the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway (later part of the Great Central Railway and...

Been visited a few times by other members on this site, which is how I came to find out about it. Compared to other visits the area seems a lot less overgrown and had recently had a bunch of ground clearing done. There is now also a half hearted attempt at putting a fence across the accessible...