Rodney Street Tunnel

Location type

Tunnel

Name and dates

Rodney Street Tunnel (1846-1968)

Opened on the Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway.

Description

This is a disused former double track single bore tunnel between the former Scotland Street station (south) and Heriothill Goods (north). Also known as the Heriothill Tunnel.

Rather than the usual tunnel shape, this one is elliptical, or horseshoe, shaped in profile. The tunnel entrances are unusually fine. (Trinity Tunnel, further north, has a similar profile but has not been partly filled in.)

The tunnel now carries a footpath, having re-opened in 2008. The full depth of the tunnel has not been re-excavated, the full horseshoe cannot be appreciated.

The engineers were Thomas Grainger and John Miller.

Tags

Tunnel footpath

Aliases

Heriothill Tunnel
04/10/2019

Facilities

Listing: B




News items

12/04/2009Rodney Street Tunnel reopens
16/07/2008Work restarts on Rodney Street tunnel [Evening News]
13/12/2006Rodney Street Tunnel to Reopen