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The first station was opened by the Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway (C&GWU) on 23 October 1847, as Cheltenham. [1] It was the terminus of the final section of that company's line from a junction with the Great Western Railway (GWR) at Swindon, which had opened in stages: to Kemble (and Cirencester) on 31 May 1841; to Gloucester on 12 May 1845, and finally to Cheltenham on 23 October ...
Other secret passages have sometimes been added after initial building. Secret tunnels have often been created as escape routes from prisons or prisoner-of-war camps, where they are known as escape tunnels. They typically require a hidden opening or door, and may involve other deceptive construction techniques, such as the creation of a false wall.
St James station is notable for the abandoned tunnels connected to the station. The Australian Railway Historical Society , with the approval of the State Rail Authority , has given tours of the tunnels, but many people have visited the tunnels by entering along the subway tracks.
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The Kingsway Exchange Tunnels, some 40 meters below Chancery Lane tube station in High Holborn, were built in the 1940s to shelter Londoners from the Blitz bombing campaign during World War II.
Cheltenham Spa St. James railway station, formerly in Cheltenham, England; Paisley St James railway station in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland; Liverpool St James railway station, England, a disused station in Liverpool; St James Metro station, on the Tyne and Wear Metro in Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Playboy magazine reports it has just discovered blueprints for a network of tunnels beneath the mansion that supposedly led to the homes of Jack Nicholson, Warren Beatty, James Caan, and Kirk Douglas!
Cowee Tunnel, rail tunnel, Great Smoky Mountains Railroad (formerly Murphy Branch, Western North Carolina Railroad), just northwest of Dillsboro in Jackson County [37] Jarrett's Tunnel, McDowell County, 125 feet (38 m) [38] I-40 tunnels, 1 westbound, 2 eastbound, near mile marker 6, opened 1968. [39]