Box Tunnel passes through Box Hill on the Great Western Main Line (GWML) between Bath and Chippenham. The 1.83-mile (2.95 km) tunnel was the world's longest railway tunnel when it …

Originally proposed in the Great Western Railway Act of 1835, building a tunnel through Box Hill was an impossible and dangerous engineering project according to its critics. Box Tunnel, …

Box Tunnel is a railway tunnel in Wiltshire, between Bath and Chippenham, dug through Box Hill, and is a significant structure on the Great Western Main Line (GWML). It was built between …

2021年4月8日 · Its designer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, achieved the impossible at Box despite the harsh working conditions, tragic deaths and controversy. With it, he pushed the boundaries …

2017年6月12日 · Ever since the completion of the Great Western Railway, in the 1840s, intrigue has swirled around the Box Tunnel, a long, steep bypass near Bath, England. Unlike many …

Box Tunnel passes through Box Hill on the Great Western Main Line (GWML) between Bath and Chippenham. The 1.83-mile (2.95 km) tunnel was the world's longest railway tunnel when it …

Box Tunnel passes through Box Hill on the Great Western Main Line (GWML) between Bath and Chippenham. The 1.83-mile (2.95 km) tunnel was the world's longest railway tunnel when it …

2023年2月24日 · The Box Tunnel passes through Box Hill in Wiltshire, England, on the Great Western Main Line between Bath and Chippenham. Built for the Great Western Railway …

It was, when completed, the longest railway tunnel in the world, at almost 2.9 kilometres (1¾ miles). And, more than 160 years later, it remains in daily use as the high speed train route …

But you would be wrong and this article seeks to tell the intimate details of Box's tunnel, together with some amazing contemporary reports. One contemporary anecdote is by the Prime …