Redcliffe Tunnel
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To Temple Meads: Redcliffe Goods
To the Docks: Bathurst Basin
History
Redcliffe Tunnel is 282 yards long and it's construction involved the demolition of a vicarage and the removal and re-internment of a graveyard at Arnos Vale cemetery.
Gallery
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The eastern portal of Redcliffe Tunnel was slowly disappearing behind buildings.
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Another view.
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The view from above the tunnel portal, looking in the direction of Temple Meads.
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Closer to Temple Meads is this rather substantial wall which gives a clue as to where the railway once ran.
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A general view of the tunnel viewed from Bathurst Basin. The road on the right is Guinea St.
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A closer view of the tunnel.
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The remains of a footbridge that crossed the line at Lower Guinea Street.
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The railway crossed the road and proceeded across Bathurst Basin on a bascule bridge designed by Charles Richardson. For many years the decking on the bridge was the place to find the last surviving section of broad gauge rail in Bristol.