Trinity Tunnel
Location type
TunnelName and dates
Trinity Tunnel (1842-1986)Opened on the Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway.
Description
This is a disused double track 390 ft long tunnel, also known as East Trinity Road Tunnel under which it passes in addition to several houses and their gardens. It is just north of Trinity Junction and south of the site of Trinity [2nd].
Like the Rodney Street Tunnel further south, this tunnel has an elliptical, or horseshoe, shape.
The line closed in 1986. The trackbed is now a footpath.
The engineers were Thomas Grainger and John Miller.
Tags
Tunnel footpath04/10/2019
Facilities
Listing: C
| Nearby stations Trinity [2nd] Trinity [1st] Newhaven [Leith New Lines] Newhaven Ferry Road Granton Road Newhaven [Tram] Bonnington Powderhall Leith North Granton Pilrig Street Junction Bridge Ocean Terminal [Tram] East Pilton Halt | Trinity Junction Newhaven Junction Newhaven Goods and Minerals Ferry Road Junction Leith High Depot Junction Bonnington North Junction Hawthorn Vale Depot Chancelot Mills [1st] Bonnington Viaduct [CR] Bonnington East Junction Bonnington North Viaduct Leith North Locomotive Shed Tourist/other Trinity Chain Pier Boswell Road Temporary Signal Box Bonnington Level Crossing |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
