Blochairn Tunnel
Location type
TunnelName and dates
Blochairn Tunnel (1875-)Opened on the City of Glasgow Union Railway.
Description
This double track tunnel is 110 yards long. It is between Barnhill Tunnel (to the north) and Alexandra Parade (to the south).
Formerly sidings approaching Blochairn Steel Works from the north passed overhead.
For the opening of the City of Glasgow Union Railway a quite lengthy portion of the Monkland Canal, which formerly bordered the southern edge of the Blochairn Iron Works, was deviated to the south to a location where the line passed underneath in a tunnel specifically built through the new canal deviation. Short portions of the original canal route were left on either side, severed by the new railway's alignment.
Tags
Tunnel10/06/2020
| Nearby stations Garngad Alexandra Parade Duke Street Barnhill St Rollox [2nd] Bellgrove Glasgow (Townhead) Gallowgate Central Parkhead North High Street Springburn College [1st] Gallowgate Bridgeton [2nd] Glasgow Green | Blochairn Steel Works Garngad Goods Garngad Quarry Garngad Works Provan Gas Works Headshunt Garngad Yard Haghill Junction St Rollox Top Yard Weighs Siding St Rollox Works Shed St Rollox Works Paint Shop Barnhill Tunnel Sighthill East Junction [1st] Glasgow Corporation Cleansing Works Sidings Tourist/other Germiston House |
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