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22/05/2022 Scotland's 10 best underground tours: Caves, tunnels, bunkers, mines and crypts [Herald Scotland] The wild and rugged landscapes of Scotland may inspire poetry and grace calendar pages, but a raft of hidden gems can equally fire the imagination. From caves and tunnels to bunkers, mines and crypts, here's our pick of the 10 best underground places to explore. (Permalink) Colinton Tunnel Glasgow Central Low Level St Leonards Tunnel Glasgow Central Low Level: Disused low level island platform at Glasgow Central. This island platform is walled off from the in use low level island platform. Network Rail /12/2021 Colinton Tunnel: Work on the murals in Colinton Tunnel was completed for Easter 2021. This particular one is quite spectacular. John Yellowlees 03/04/2021 St Leonards Tunnel: A look southeast into the tunnel at St Leonards. Originally horses were used for haulage and would have clopped along here even when steam was becoming commonplace. This supposedly led to the nickna ... David Panton 30/10/2010 Herald Scotland Glasgow Central Tours
31/05/2021 Edinburgh's lost tunnel was the first ever underground railway line in Scotland [Edinburgh Live] The Innocent Railway in the capital was given its name because it was a horse-drawn railway. (Permalink) Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway St Leonards Tunnel St Leonards Tunnel: A look southeast into the tunnel at St Leonards. Originally horses were used for haulage and would have clopped along here even when steam was becoming commonplace. This supposedly led to the nickna ... David Panton 30/10/2010 Edinburgh Live Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway
26/09/2020 Five Scottish tunnels you can walk through [Herald Scotland] With the nights drawing in and the Halloween month of ghouls, goblins and guising nearly upon us, why not indulge your creepy side with a walk through some of Scotlands tunnels, hewn out of the rock to carry trains or canal boats? Alternatively, simply enjoy a series of routes of varying degrees of difficulty which have been re-purposed as walk- or cycleways. (Permalink) Colinton Tunnel Glenfarg Tunnel [North] Glenfarg Tunnel [South] Neidpath Tunnel St Leonards Tunnel Colinton Tunnel: The Edinburgh end of Colinton Tunnel on the Balerno branch in July 2017. Colinton station lay just beyond the other end of the tunnel see image [[20499]]. The line finally closed in 1967 and is now p ... John Furnevel 27/07/2017 Neidpath Tunnel: Peebles or Neidpath tunnel, looking west on the 11 March 2009. The western exit, seen as a chink of light is still some 400 yards away. James Young 11/04/2009 St Leonards Tunnel: A look southeast into the tunnel at St Leonards. Originally horses were used for haulage and would have clopped along here even when steam was becoming commonplace. This supposedly led to the nickna ... David Panton 30/10/2010 Herald Scotland