Eshiels Tunnel
Location type
TunnelName and dates
Eshiels Tunnel (1864-1962)Description
This structure has been restored and now carries a footpath.
Strictly speaking this is not a tunnel but rather a long road overbridge required for the A72 to pass overhead of the line on an oblique. It consists of masonry abutments (possibly masonry faced bedrock in part) and a brick arch with only a small amount of cover over it at the crown.
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Tunnel
| Nearby stations Peebles [2nd] Peebles [CR] Peebles Old Cardrona Lyne Innerleithen Eddleston Walkerburn Stobo Earlyvale Gate Lamancha Thornielee Macbie Hill Leadburn Broomlee | Peebles Gasworks [Eshiels] Peebles Junction Peebles Tweed Viaduct Peebles Goods Peebles CR and NBR Junction Sawmill Tweedside Mills Peebles West Goods March Street Mills Peebles Shed [NB] Peebles Engine Shed Signal Box Peebles Shed [CR] Horsbrugh Viaduct Tourist/other Peebles Hydro Cross Kirk Peebles |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
News items
| 05/11/2023 | Woodend Bridge deck project begins on multi-use path [Border Telegraph] |
| 31/03/2022 | Let there be light bid agreed for a Peebles tunnel [Southern Reporter] |
