Redcliffe Tunnel
From Bristol Railway Archive
To Temple Meads: Redcliffe Goods
To the Docks: Bathurst Basin
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History
Redcliffe Tunnel is 282 yards long and it's construction involved the demolition of a vicarage and the removal and re-internment of a graveyard at Arnos Vale cemetery.
1970s
 The western portal of the tunnel in the 1970s with a pile of sand from the nearby Holmes Sand and Gravel works stored in front. © emmdee |
2004
12.2.04
 The eastern portal of Redcliffe Tunnel was slowly disappearing behind buildings. |
 Another view. |
 The view from above the tunnel portal, looking in the direction of Temple Meads. |
 Closer to Temple Meads is this rather substantial wall which gives a clue as to where the railway once ran. |
 A general view of the tunnel viewed from Bathurst Basin. The road on the right is Guinea St. |
 A closer view of the tunnel. |
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 The remains of a footbridge that crossed the line at Lower Guinea Street. |
 The railway crossed the road and proceeded across Bathurst Basin on a bascule bridge designed by Charles Richardson. For many years the decking on the bridge was the place to find the last surviving section of broad gauge rail in Bristol. |
