thurland street

Thurland Street Railway Tunnel The History: Former Great Central Railway trains travelled through a tunnel of 392 yards in length, officially named Victoria Street but also known as Weekday Cross or Thurland Street, the latter being passed beneath for a distance of 100 yards before shops...

Not as much a sneak in and snoop around as an organised walk through the 418yds of Thurland street (aka weekday cross) tunnel. Part of the Great Central mainline, became a victim like many of the Beeching axe in the 50s and 60s. Now houses heating pipes for the flats on top of the Victoria...