Rodney Street Tunnel
Location type
TunnelName and dates
Rodney Street Tunnel (1846-1968)Opened on the Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway.
Description
This is a disused former double track single bore tunnel between the former Scotland Street station (south) and Heriothill Goods (north). Also known as the Heriothill Tunnel.
Rather than the usual tunnel shape, this one is elliptical, or horseshoe, shaped in profile. The tunnel entrances are unusually fine. (Trinity Tunnel, further north, has a similar profile but has not been partly filled in.)
The tunnel now carries a footpath, having re-opened in 2008. The full depth of the tunnel has not been re-excavated, the full horseshoe cannot be appreciated.
The engineers were Thomas Grainger and John Miller.
Tags
Tunnel footpathAliases
Heriothill Tunnel04/10/2019
Facilities
Listing: B
| Nearby stations Scotland Street Powderhall York Place [Tram] Picardy Place [Tram] St Andrew Square [Tram] Leith Walk McDonald Road [Tram] Pilrig Street Princes Street [1st] Princes Street [Tram] Edinburgh Waverley Bonnington Ferry Road Balfour Street [Tram] Newhaven [Leith New Lines] | Heriothill Goods Logie Green Workshops Warriston Viaduct Warriston Junction Scotland Street Tunnel Powderhall Destructor Powderhall Loop Rosebank Iron Works Powderhall Bridge Bonnington South Junction Bonnington South Viaduct Shrubhill Tram Depot Tourist/other Scottish National Portrait Gallery Roya Botanic Gardens Bonnington Level Crossing |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
News items
| 12/04/2009 | Rodney Street Tunnel reopens |
| 16/07/2008 | Work restarts on Rodney Street tunnel [Evening News] |
| 13/12/2006 | Rodney Street Tunnel to Reopen |
