Scotland Street Tunnel Map. Edinburgh’s Disused Tunnels Scotland Street, Rodney Street and Trinity Gcat's Urbex Site The tunnel is just below street level at Scotland Street, but is 49 feet (15 m) below St Andrew Street and 37 feet (11 m) below Princes Street During the Second World War, the tunnel was returned to funtionality, acting as an air-raid shelter for 3,000 residents of central Edinburgh and the London & North Eastern Railway's emergency headquarters and command centre.
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Scotland Street Tunnel City of Edinburgh Reports Images Videos Map This site is also discussed in the following issues of our members' magazine: This is a disused railway tunnel running opened between Scotland Street (to the north) and Edinburgh Canal Street (to the south)
Scotland Street Tunnel Subterranea Britannica
The tunnel is just below street level at Scotland Street, but is 49 feet (15 m) below St Andrew Street and 37 feet (11 m) below Princes Street At 1000 yards long it was one of Scotland's longer railway tunnels Locomotive haulage had replaced the horses on the open air sections of the railway, but were retained for shunting at Princes Street.
Historic building with street tunnel, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom Stock Photo Alamy. [2] The trains that used the station were rope hauled by. Because of the tunnel's very steep gradient (1 in 27), trains were hauled through it by a cable rather than running under their own steam.
Scotland Street Tunnel • Cat Morley. At 1000 yards long it was one of Scotland's longer railway tunnels The tunnel is just below street level at Scotland Street, but is 49 feet (15 m) below St Andrew Street and 37 feet (11 m) below Princes Street