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The Thames Tunnel is a tunnel beneath the River Thames in London, connecting Rotherhithe and Wapping. It measures 35 ft (11 m) wide by 20 ft (6.1 m) high and is 1,300 ...
The Thames Tideway Tunnel, due for completion in 2025, will be a 25 km (16 mi) long tunnel running mostly under the tidal section of the River Thames through central London to capture, store and convey almost all the raw sewage and rainwater that currently overflows into the river.
Proposed route. Black arrows show direction of boring machine movement, not flow of sewage. The Thames Tideway Tunnel is a deep-level sewer along the tidal section of the River Thames in London, running 25 kilometres (16 miles) from Acton in the west to Abbey Mills in the east, where it joins the Lee Tunnel which connects to Beckton Sewage Treatment Works.
The Lower Thames Crossing is an awaiting-planning-consent road tunnel close to the Thames Cable Tunnel that may open in 2028. [10] KenEx tunnel is a proposed tunnel to carry trams between Kent and Essex, as part of a proposed KenEx Transit network. [11]
The 16-mile tunnel across central London will capture raw sewage that would have spilled into the river. Thames Tideway Tunnel super sewer completed Skip to main content
Tunnels under the River Thames, from east to west are: Thames Cable Tunnel, between Tilbury and Gravesend, commissioned in 1970, comprising two 400 kV circuits between Tilbury and Kingsnorth substations [28] Dartford Cable Tunnel, between Littlebrook substation and West Thurrock substation, constructed 2003–04, comprising two 400 kV circuits [29]
The Woodland Trust has criticised the plans for the Lower Thames Crossing. Conservationists say Thames road tunnel plan will destroy ‘irreplaceable’ woods Skip to main content
The tunnel was disliked by Queen Victoria, brick lining was made from clay extracted from the tunnel itself: 1863: London: Thames Tunnel: Railway: 396: 433: Built by Marc Brunel and originally opened as a pedestrian link between Rotherhithe and Wapping, taken over by the East London Railway and now part of the London Overground: 1843: London