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  2. Waterloo Tunnel - Wikipedia

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    The Waterloo Tunnel in Liverpool, England, is a former railway tunnel, 852 yd (779 m) long, which opened in 1849. Its western end was at 53.414829, -2.994385, [ 1 ] underneath Pall Mall.

  3. Tunnels underneath the River Thames - Wikipedia

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    The world's first electric tube railway, with tunnels only 10 feet 2 inches (3.10 m) in diameter, became disused in 1900 when new 11-foot-6-inch (3.51 m) tunnels to the east replaced them: Waterloo & City line tunnels Railway tunnel: Bank and Monument stations, Waterloo tube station: 1898: Waterloo & City line: Bankside Cable Tunnel Utility ...

  4. List of tunnels in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Longest road tunnel in UK: 1934: Merseyside: Victoria Tunnel & Waterloo Tunnel: Railway: 3,254: 3,559: The Victoria and Waterloo tunnels - 2,475 metres (2,707 yd) and 862 metres (943 yd) - form a single tunnel divided by an air shaft, and having different names on each side of the shaft: 1849: Merseyside: Wapping Tunnel: Railway: 2,030: 2,220

  5. Victoria Tunnel (Liverpool) - Wikipedia

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    The lowest point is at the Byrom Street cutting. The tunnel continues towards the Waterloo Dock with the much shorter Waterloo Tunnel. The tunnel rises upwards from this point with rising gradients of 1:513 for 251 yd (230 m), 1:139 for 400 yd (370 m) and finally 1:86 for 217 yd (198 m) to the western Waterloo Dock portal.

  6. Category:Railway tunnels in England - Wikipedia

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    Waterloo Tunnel; Watford Tunnels; Weedley Tunnel; White Ball Tunnel This page was last edited on 15 June 2020, at 11:01 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...

  7. Subterranean London - Wikipedia

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    These tunnels were later used by the East London branch of the Metropolitan Railway from Shoreditch to New Cross. [2] It was refurbished in 2011 and became part of the London Overground network. [5] Several railway stations have cavernous vaults and tunnels running beneath them, often disused, or reopened with a new purpose.

  8. List of crossings of the River Thames - Wikipedia

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    The world's first underwater tunnel, linking Wapping to Rotherhithe. Originally designed as a road tunnel for horse-drawn traffic, the necessary access ramps were never built and it was opened as a pedestrian tunnel. It was converted to a rail tunnel, reopening in 1869 and becoming part of the London Overground network in 2010.

  9. Strand underpass - Wikipedia

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    Entrance to the underpass from Waterloo Bridge. The Strand underpass is a one-way road tunnel in central London connecting Waterloo Bridge to Kingsway near Holborn. Opened in 1964, it was built within the former Kingsway tramway subway, which closed in the 1950s. It is open to motor vehicles, pedestrians and horse riders but not cyclists as ...