Winchburgh Tunnel
Location type
TunnelName and dates
Winchburgh Tunnel (1842-)Opened on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway.
Description
This is a double track tunnel with the former Winchburgh station at the north end and the former Broxburn West Signal Box for the Niddry Castle Oilworks to the south. At both ends it approaches in long cuttings.
The tunnel has undergone works on several occasions, most recently during electrification. Back in 1890 during repairs the line was singled and a temporary signal box used for the duration of works.
Tags
Tunnel12/06/2019
| Nearby stations Winchburgh Broxburn [1st] Kirkliston Philpstoun Drumshoreland South Queensferry [1st] Port Edgar South Queensferry Halt Ratho (Low Level) Ratho Uphall Dalmeny [1st] Dalmeny New Halls Edinburgh Airport [Tram] | Niddry Castle Oil Works Myre Siding Broxburn West Signal Box Craigton Siding Winchburgh Junction Hopetoun Oil Works Tottleywells Shale Mine No 1 Broxburn Junction Shale Pit Albyn Oil Works Duddingston Shale Mine No 3 Craigton Quarry Broxburn Oil Works Tourist/other Niddry Castle Humbie Signal Box |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| /05/1997 | Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Railtrack plans to spend £670,000 on new pumps and drains and removing silt from the Niddry Burn to prevent flooding of the Winchburgh Tunnel. |
| 26/10/2001 | Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Winchburgh Tunnel pump destroyed by arson. |
