Combe Down Tunnel is on the now-closed Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway main line, between Midford and Bath Green Park railway station, below high ground...
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Combe Down is a village on the outskirts of Bath, England, in the Bath and North East Somerset unitary authority area, within the ceremonial county of...
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suburb of Oldfield Park to the Devonshire Tunnel. It emerges into Lyncombe Vale before entering the Combe Down Tunnel, and then coming out to cross Tucking...
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Combe Down Tunnel. Combe Down Tunnel in 2005 (opened 1874, closed in 1966) Combe Down Tunnel reopened as a cycling tunnel in 2013 Rail trail tunnels,...
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Ruling gradient (redirect from Windy Point Tunnel)
of summit to Combe Down Tunnel Dove Holes Tunnel 1 in 90 – 1.11% - 1865 Box Tunnel 1 in 100 – 1.00% - 1839 – double track Combe Down Tunnel 1 in 100 – 1...
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3.25. An S & D locomotive 2-8-0 no 89 ran out of control from the Combe Down tunnel when the crew were overcome by fumes. The loco crashed into the goods...
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went through the Devonshire tunnel (under the Wellsway, St Luke's Church and the Devonshire Arms), through the Combe Down Tunnel and climbed over the Mendips...
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of the shaft enclosing the escalator, where it was trapped against the tunnel ceiling, which was covered with about twenty layers of old paint from past...
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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...
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coordinates) This is a list of road, railway, waterway, and other tunnels in the United Kingdom. A tunnel is an underground passageway with no defined minimum length...
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as it ran past it. The third vehicle was hit by the DBSO, as it fell back down the wall of the cutting, after rebounding from the trees. The DBSO and third...
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Bridge (Jul 1928) Glasgow Queen Street (Oct 1928) Charfield (Oct 1928) Combe Down Tunnel (Nov 1929) 1930s Lawrence Hill (Jan 1930) Leighton Buzzard (Mar 1931)...
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was taking a freight train north towards Bath. Travelling through Combe Down Tunnel at slow speed (due to the weight of the train, and the intended stop...
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New Bike Tunnel of Jerusalem". Retrieved 7 May 2018. Biking Dark Tunnels and Wide Lanes on a Lost Highway - The New York Times Bath's Combe Down railway...
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lines. In each case, the "up" line is southbound towards London Euston; the "down" line is the northbound line towards Watford and Birmingham. The collisions...
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conditioning unit, which was installed at ground level, and the air piped down into the tunnel. During 1 and 2 March the wreckage of the second carriage was cut...
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Bridge (Jul 1928) Glasgow Queen Street (Oct 1928) Charfield (Oct 1928) Combe Down Tunnel (Nov 1929) 1930s Lawrence Hill (Jan 1930) Leighton Buzzard (Mar 1931)...
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London. An InterCity 125 high speed passenger train (HST) failed to slow down in response to warning signals and collided with a freight train crossing...
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Channel Tunnel fire of 18 November 1996 occurred on a train carrying Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) and their drivers through the Channel Tunnel from France...
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signal which, as far as the signalman could see, was still at Danger. He went down onto the track and saw that the arm of the Starting signal was slightly raised;...
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was Quintinshill, where there were passing loops for both Up and Down lines. If the Down (northbound) loop was occupied, as it was on the morning of the...
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Combe Down and Bathampton Down Quarries (grid reference ST761625) make up a 6.22 hectare (15.37 acre) Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Bath...
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evening, a West Anglia Great Northern station announcer was travelling on the down fast line and reported a "rough ride" at Potters Bar whilst going over that...
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recommenced on 17 December, with the platform tunnel having been stripped of all fittings down to the tunnel segment rings. Wooden hoardings were erected...
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pp. 43–44. Laffin, Captain RE (22 May 1851). "Railway accident (Sutton Tunnel)" (PDF). House of Commons. Retrieved 14 September 2010. "Accident at Falmer...
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seems likely that the changes occurring at the time, such as the channel tunnel and privatisation of the rail network, took priority over funding. Radio...
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was inevitable. The express caught the light engines just after Moorcock Tunnel near Aisgill summit in Mallerstang and was almost wholly derailed. Casualties...
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On 7 December 1991, two trains collided inside the Severn Tunnel, between England and Wales. There were no fatalities but 185 passengers were injured....
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London, 'down' for travel away from London) carrying both fast and slow trains. Being an outbound train, it would have been routed onto the down main line...
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destroyed for a length of 120 yards (110 m) and the overhead lines were brought down. Eleven people (eight passengers and three railwaymen) were killed, with...
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