Date: 29/05/2008

WORK to create a new cycle path and walkway in an abandoned railway tunnel near the city centre is set to resume just a week after council chiefs said there was no cash for the scheme.

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This photo shows a (unfortunately disfigured) plaque at the north portal of the tunnel that once carried the Scotland Street branch in north Edinburgh under Rodney Street at Heriothill, and is now a cycle-route.
Location: Rodney Street Tunnel
Company: Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway
14/11/2019 John Yellowlees

Maintenance work at Rodney Street Tunnel, Heriothill, closed the tunnel in November 2019. The tunnel famously has an elliptical profile.
Location: Rodney Street Tunnel
Company: Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway
14/11/2019 John Yellowlees

About to leave the north portal of Rodney Street Tunnel, Edinburgh, on 8 January 2013. Opened by the Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway in 1847, the tunnel eventually closed in 1968. It was reopened in 2009 and now provides a walking/cycling link between the Broughton area and the New Town, avoiding busy roads.
Location: Rodney Street Tunnel
Company: Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway
08/01/2013 John Furnevel