Dock Street Tunnel
Location type
TunnelName and dates
Dock Street Tunnel (1878-)Opened on the Tay Bridge and Associated Lines (North British Railway).
Description
This is a 627 yard double track tunnel east of Dundee station and west of the former Camperdown Junction.
For much of its length it runs under Dock Street. The tunnel passed west round the north end of the Earl Grey Dock, King William IV Dock before emerging north of Victoria Dock. (The first two docks in this list have been filled in.)
It passed underneath the much older street railway/tramway between Dundee West and Dundee East. This was never converted to proper railway standard and was for goods exchange - unlike the tunnel line which is part of the East Coast Main Line.
The tunnel requires constant pumping.
Tags
Tunnel
| Nearby stations Dundee West Dundee Dundee Trades Lane Dundee Ward Road Dundee East Dundee Esplanade Roodyards Magdalen Green Offset at Back of Law Crossroads Lochee Newport-on-Tay East Newport-on-Tay West Stannergate Ninewells Junction [Station] | Dundee Earl Grey Dock Dundee West Goods Dundee Craig Harbour Dundee Signalling Centre Tay Bridge Goods Tay Foundry [1st] Dundee Ward Road Shed Tay Bridge Minerals Panmuir Shipyard Dundee Tay Bridge Shed Dundee Victoria Dock Tourist/other V and A Museum Dundee RRS Discovery Discovery Point HM Frigate Unicorn |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 15/07/1870 | Tay Bridge and Associated Lines (North British Railway) Tay Bridge [1st], Dundee Tay Bridge [Station] and line from Leuchars to Dundee authorised. Dundee's Dock Street Tunnel authorised. Running power access authorised for the Caledonian Railway between Buckingham Junction and Camperdown Junction. |
Books
 An Illustrated History of Tayside's Railways |
