Box Tunnel
From Bristol Railway Archive
To Bath: Middle Hill Tunnel
To London: Thingly Junction
History
The tunnel is 1 mile 1452 yards (2,937 m) in length, straight, and descends a 1 in 100 gradient from the east. Construction started in 1836, and the tunnel opened in 1841.
Gallery
 Box Tunnel in about 1850. |
 King Edward I coming out of Box Tunnel west portal. 9.9.06. © John Rawlings |
 The eastern portal of the tunnel with an entrance to a smaller quarry tunnel to the right. © Derek Hawkins, CC-BY-SA-2.0. |
