Date: 27/04/2022

After a short life transporting passengers between the city centre and the north of Edinburgh, the Scotland Street Tunnel went on to house a mushroom farm and served as a bomb shelter during the Second World War.

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The abandoned Edinburgh tunnel that runs for a kilometre beneath the New Town

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After a short life transporting passengers between the city centre and the north of Edinburgh, the Scotland Street Tunnel went on to house a mushroom farm and served as a bomb shelter during the Second World War.

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View southeast showing the bricked up entrance to Scotland Street tunnel on 25 April 2007. The tunnel opened in 1847 allowing trains to be rope hauled under the New Town from the terminus at Canal Street (now part of the Waverley station site). The tunnel was closed in 1868.
Location: Scotland Street
Company: Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway
25/04/2007 John Furnevel

Sign above a hole in the north wall at the Waverley (formerly Canal Street) in 2004. The tunnel once took the EL&N through to Scotland Street see image [[14741]].
Location: Scotland Street Tunnel
Company: Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Railway
02/06/2004 John Furnevel

A 'Red Whee'l has been unveiled at Scotland Street. The text reads: 'Scotland Street Railway Tunnel 1847-1868 Built to link Waverley with the Fife ferries, this tunnel was so steep that it required trains to be cable-hauled by a stationary steam engine.'
Location: Scotland Street Tunnel
Company: Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Railway
26/01/2022 John Yellowlees

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