Devonshire Tunnel

Devonshire Tunnel
	Devonshire Tunnel West Portal
Overview
Line	Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway
Location	c. 2.0 miles from Bath Green Park
OS grid reference	ST 746 634
Operation
Opened	1874
Closed	1966 (railway)
Owner	Wessex Water
Technical
Length	447 yards (409 m) approx.
No. of tracks	Single
Grade	mostly 1 in 50 (2%) ascending towards Midford (away from Bath)

Devonshire Tunnel is on the closed Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway main line, between Midford and Bath Green Park railway stations, below high ground and the southern suburbs of Bath, England, emerging below the northern slopes of Combe Down village. It opened in 1874 and was named after the road called Devonshire Buildings which lie immediately above the tunnel.

It now forms one of the eponymous tunnels in the Two Tunnels Greenway.

Gradient

The tunnel had a gradient of 1 in 50,^[1] on a line where the ruling gradient was also 1 in 50.

References

^ ^a ^b "Image gradient profile". Two Tunnels Shared Path. Archived from the original on 13 August 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

Map sources for: grid reference ST 744 635, West portal; ST 748 634, East portal

51°22′10″N 2°21′56″W / 51.3695°N 2.3655°W / 51.3695; -2.3655

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[grad-1] "Image gradient profile". Two Tunnels Shared Path. Archived from the original on 13 August 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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