Borrodale Tunnel
Location type
TunnelName and dates
Borrodale Tunnel (1901-)Opened on the Mallaig Extension (West Highland Railway).
Description
This single track 1050 ft tunnel is the longest on the line. It is immediately east of Borrodale Viaduct and west of Beasdale station.
Telegraph wires were not taken through the tunnel, but over the top of the land above. A line of poles still remain today, with a particularly tall pole at the highest point now forlorn without wires.
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Tunnel
| Nearby stations Beasdale Arisaig Lochailort Morar Mallaig Lech-a-vuie Platform Glenfinnan Locheilside Loch Eil Outward Bound Corpach Kentallen Fort William [1st] Duror Fort William Kyle of Lochalsh | Borrodale Viaduct Beasdale Bridge Beasdale No 119 Tunnel Beasdale No 118 Tunnel Larichmore Viaduct Loch nan Uamh No 117 Tunnel Loch nan Uamh No 116 Tunnel Loch nan Uamh Viaduct Arnabol Viaduct Polnish House Tourist/other Borrodale House Arisaig House The Prince^s Cairn Creag Mhor Level Crossing Arisaig Slip |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 14/02/2005 | Mallaig Extension (West Highland Railway) Line closed from the 14th to the 16th to allow the lining of Borrodale Tunnel to be repaired. Buses replaced trains. |
