It has been decided that an old UK railway tunnel will not be opened to the public, despite campaigners' wanting to retain its use for walkers and cyclists. Closed in 1956, Queensbury Tunnel was ...

While there are over a thousand rail tunnels in the UK, most can be traversed in seconds. However, one tunnel in the Swiss Alps takes an astonishing 20 minutes to travel through. The Gotthard Base ...

Turns out the Catesby Tunnel in the UK meets those requirements exactly ... thanks to the estate owner objecting to the idea of “unsightly trains” crossing his property.

A bold and ambitious vision to build a new train crossing ... busiest lines in the UK. "Achieving [improved journey times and additional services] with the current tunnel would require large ...

Clay Cross, a 183-year-old tunnel, was originally designed by railway pioneer George Stephenson. Network Rail thanked passengers for their patience during the two-week project, which resulted in ...

Whizz through the world's longest and deepest railway tunnel that's only a couple of hours from the UK. With a staggering ... Base Tunnel acts as the main rail connection between Italy and ...

There are hundreds of underground railway tunnels in the UK, but inspecting them requires sending down a team of operators into ... The growth of the railway network accelerated the construction of ...