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Bylong Rail Tunnel: Bylong: Sandy Hollow to Maryvale Line, No 3 of 5: Rail: 1,975 6,480: At the time of its construction, it was the longest rail tunnel [citation needed] Boronia Tunnels: Cowan: Main North line: Rail: 1,313 4,308: 1-4 in use, 5 deviated; double track; longest tunnel is 602 metres (1,975 ft) Bungendore - Queanbeyan rail: Bombala ...
Railway stations located underground in Australia (3 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Railway tunnels in Australia" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
9 tunnels Many Peaks - Monto loop line: m in 6 tunnels (disused railway line) Muntapa Tunnel: 1913: in: Cooyar, rail heritage) Victoria Tunnel: 1866: 0537m: in (Grandchester, rail) Yimbun Railway Tunnel: 1910: m: in (railway tunnel, Somerset Region) Teviot Range Tunnel Inland Railway: 2022: 1100m: in: proposed Dual SG/NG Little Liverpool Range ...
The Swan View Tunnel is a former railway tunnel located on the southern side of the Jane Brook valley in the outer Perth suburb of Swan View in the John Forrest National Park on the edge of the Darling Scarp. After its closure as a railway tunnel, it reopened as part of the John Forrest Heritage Trail, a rail trail.
The Otford Railway Tunnel - including the tunnel structure, sandstone dish drain and ventilation stack - is of State heritage significance. It was the longest and steepest single line tunnel to be built at the time (1824m long with a 1 in 40 gradient) as part of a major engineering work built in 1888 to connect the Illawarra line to Sydney .
The Australian state of Victoria has only ever had about 10 tunnels on its railway network, with some others on private narrow gauge tramways. This is due to the relatively easy terrain through which most of the lines were built. The portal of the Big Hill railway tunnel, 390 metres long, originally double-tracked
The tunnel is 528 yards (483 m) long, and is approached on either side by 10-kilometre (6.2 mi) climbs at the ruling grade of 1 in 40 (2.5%). The single track tunnel, the oldest of its type in use in New South Wales, [4] [5] [6] when combined with the steep grades, make this section of the Main North rail line a rail bottleneck.
The Ernest Junction railway tunnel, in the Gold Coast suburb of Molendinar, situated approximately 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) west of Southport, was constructed in 1889.Built as part of the South Coast railway line which ultimately connected Brisbane to Tweed Heads, it is one of the last remnants of this important railway infrastructure on the South Coast (now known as the Gold Coast), and the only ...