Torwoodlee Tunnel
Location type
TunnelNames and dates
Torwoodlee Tunnel (1849-1969)Torwoodlee Tunnel (2015-)
Opened on the Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway).
Description
This single bore double track tunnel currently carries a single track. The line was closed between 1969 and 2015 when the single line was restored. At either end of the tunnel are bridges, Torwoodlee North Viaduct and Torwoodlee South Viaduct. The tunnel is on the east bank of the Gala Water close to the A9 as it leaves Galashiels to run north. A loop of the previous incarnation of the road passes close to the tunnel.
Tags
Tunnel08/02/2020
| Nearby stations Galashiels Galashiels [1st] Clovenfords Bowland Angling Club Cottage Abbotsford Ferry [2nd] Abbotsford Ferry [1st] Tweedbank Thornielee Lindean Stow Melrose Selkirk Newstead [Melrose] Earlston | Torwoodlee North Viaduct Torwoodlee South Viaduct Wheatlands Mill Kilnknowe Junction Bridge No 95 The Whin Bridge Comelybank Mill Galabank Mill Skin Works Siding Comelybank Works Paterson^s No 2 Siding Ladhope Tunnel Tourist/other Torwoodlee House Buckholm Tower Torwoodlee Broch |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
