Burdale Tunnel

Burdale Tunnel

Southern portal of Burdale Tunnel
Overview
Line Malton & Driffield Railway
Location Yorkshire Wolds
Operation
Opened 1853
Technical
Length 1,747 yards (1,597 m)
Track gauge 4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm)

Burdale Tunnel is a railway tunnel on the abandoned Malton and Driffield Junction Railway.

History and description

North Portal

Burdale tunnel lies near the village of Burdale, North Yorkshire, England, between the former Burdale and Wharram railway stations, and was built to take the rail line through the hills of the Yorkshire Wolds.

Construction began in 1847 with the sinking of seven vertical shafts, but the tunnel, which was 1,747 yards (1,597 m) in length, was not completed until 1853. The MDR closed in 1958, and the tunnel portals were bricked up since 1961. In the late Seventies, a collapse occurred just north of the tunnel's second ventilation shaft - around half-a-mile in. The mid-80s saw another fall block the tunnel towards its southern end, creating a sealed section in the middle.


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External links

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