Date: 11/06/2015

On Saturday, the Winchburgh railway tunnel in West Lothian will close for 44 days causing delays to Glasgow-Edinburgh train services. Staff will be working round-the-clock in the 330m-long tunnel to lower two lines of track to create space for overhead power lines for the new trains.

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The Winchburgh railway tunnel in West Lothian is closed for 44 days causing delays to Glasgow-Edinburgh train services.

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A Metro-Cammell dmu bursts out of Winchburgh Tunnel on what is probably the 15:08 Stirling - Edinburgh Waverley service, thought to be in April 1972.
Location: Winchburgh Tunnel
Company: Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
/04/1972 Bill Jamieson

The western portal of Winchburgh tunnel on 19th May 2015, photographed through the chainlink fencing. Work is due to start here shortly. [See recent news item]
Location: Winchburgh Tunnel
Company: Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
19/05/2015 Colin McDonald

A Dunblane - Edinburgh Waverley 158 runs through the deep cutting at Winchburgh in August 2006.
Location: Winchburgh
Company: Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
11/08/2006 John Furnevel