The abandoned Edinburgh tunnel that runs beneath the New Town [EdinburghLive]
Date: 29/01/2023
Passenger trains travelled between Waverley and Granton, hauled by a steel rope and winding engine - required due to the sharp incline.
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Scotland Street Tunnel
This is a disused railway tunnel running opened between Scotland Street (to the north) and Edinburgh Canal Street (to the south). The tunnel is 1,052 yds long and carried a double track line under
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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
Location: Scotland Street Tunnel
Company: Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Railway
26/01/2022 John Yellowlees
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
Location: Scotland Street Tunnel
Company: Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Railway
02/06/2004 John Furnevel
An NBL diesel shunter and brake van at Scotland Street coal depot in mid-1966, a year before closure. The impressive mass of the New Town's Scotland Street dominates the view to the rear, while immediately to the left of the brake van is the bricked-up tunnel which led up the hill to Canal Street station (adjacent, and at right angles to, Waverley). This cable haulage route opened in 1847, and from 1850 to 1868 (when the better graded route via Abbeyhill and Leith Walk stations opened) carried passengers bound for the World's first train ferry, from Granton to Burntisland.
Location: Scotland Street
Company: Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway
//1966 David Spaven
Location: Scotland Street
Company: Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway
//1966 David Spaven
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