Lead or Rumour info - Cardiff cable tunnel

[Magnetmonkey]

Hi just wondering if any one has any info as to the location of the Cardiff cable tunnel that was built in the mid 70's. Below is some info I have found apparently it is big enough to drive a train through.

running from Castle Street over to the International Arena and right over to Fitzhamon Embankment at its opposite end.

"It was built by the General Post Office back in the 1970s to carry the great lengths of cable everybody thought they were going to need as the city's communication needs increased. It's owned by BT now, but it's still there.

 

[vwdirtboy]

Sorry man but finding stuff is half the battle!

The only advice i can offer is " seek and ye shall find"

 

[Tassadar]

some Info here you have to join or something tho

 

[Magnetmonkey]

Thanks for the help all. Will keep searching!!!

 

[23badger]

Did you ever find more about this?

I only found this article.

 

[Speed]

If its BT chances are it will be pretty well secured but you never know..

 

[Cannonfodder]

I found a bit more info on this lurking in the depths of the internet, thought it might be useful:)

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Firemen+left+in+a+spin...+by+a+spider?-a0105962626

"A SPIDER may have been responsible for bringing Cardiff city centre Cardiff city centre is a large and sprawling area that spreads out from Butetown in the south to Cathays Park in the north, and from Canton and Grangetown in the west to Adamsdown in the east. traffic to a standstill standstill /stand·still/ (stand´stil?) cessation of activity, as of the heart (cardiac s.) or chest (respiratory s.) .
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Complete cessation of activity or progress. .

The fire service was called to Castle Street on Saturday morning after an alarm was set off in an underground tunnel. And after fire was ruled out it was suggested that a spider crawled over a detection sensor - setting off the alarm.

The street was closed off from 10.20am to 11.30am as firefighters climbed into the BT cable tunnel in front of Cardiff Castle Cardiff Castle (Welsh: Castell Caerdydd) is a medieval castle and Victorian revival mansion, transformed from a Roman fort, in the capital of Wales. Roman forts


Main article: Cardiff Roman Fort
to investigate why the alarm had been activated. A fire was quickly ruled out but the investigation was made more difficult by the possible presence of asbestos.

As a precaution, firefighters wore protective clothing, entering the tunnel in pairs.

The tunnel, one of many under the capital, runs from Stadium House - BT headquarters - on Park Street to Cardiff Castle. The tunnels, built in the late 1970s by the then British Post Office to carry cables, are now redundant but the alarm system is still connected to Stadium House.

Assistant divisional officer John Bremner with South Wales South Wales south n → sud m du Pays de Galles Fire Service said: 'It looks a lot more than it is really and the location makes it interesting.

'There are a number of reasons why the alarm may have been activated. It could be a fault in the system or a spider could have crawled over the detection head.'

A spokeswoman for the fire brigade said: 'We were told there could be asbestos there, but we didn't find any sign of that.' "

 

[Oxygen Thief]

Spiders eh? There's a lot of info in that article.

 

[TrevBish]

Would this be a no go? I'm interested as I have a mate in Cardiff and have a few sets of man hole keys. I am not local to check this out.

 

[uLEMON]

Hmmm, sounds like it would be epic, but, if a spider set of the sensors, and then fire fighters were called to the scene, TBH too much security, and even if you found a way, you would need to protect against asbestos I think?

 

[some_guy]

there is supposedly a 'secret' entrance on the other side of the river taff to the millenium stadium.

 

[illegalalien]

Please tell me that the 'secret' entrance is a paving slab that acts as a lift:).

 

[some_guy]

would be cool, but im not 100% sure it even exists. it would be inside something made by bt, so maybe a phonebox like harry potter

 

[pob]

Firstly there is a way of getting when travelling by train from Cardiff central to Cardiff Queen Street you can see a way of getting in just past the big sleep hotel look that way. Secondly judging by the amount of security the other side I would say that it would probably be a no go.

 

[Magnetmonkey]

Firstly there is a way of getting when travelling by train from Cardiff central to Cardiff Queen Street you can see a way of getting in just past the big sleep hotel look that way. Secondly judging by the amount of security the other side I would say that it would probably be a no go.

Where mate please Pm me with your thoughts as I am there lots.