St Leonards Tunnel
Location type
TunnelName and dates
St Leonards Tunnel (1831-1968)Opened on the Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway.
Description
This disused single bore and single track tunnel runs from the bonded warehousing at the east end of the St Leonards station site east to 'Samson's Ribs', a rock feature on the south side of Arthur' Seat. The tunnel is 572 yards long.
The line was horse operated until converted into a true railway by the North British Railway in the 1840s. In the early days the incline running east from St Leonards station required a stationary engine.
The tunnel has been converted into a footpath and is lit.
The engineer of for the line was James Jardine.
Tags
Tunnel04/07/2023
| Nearby stations St Leonards Newington [NBR] Duddingston Edinburgh Waverley Abbeyhill St Margaret^s Princes Street [1st] Blackford Hill Piershill Meadowbank Stadium St Andrew Square [Tram] Picardy Place [Tram] York Place [Tram] Jock^s Lodge Princes Street [Tram] | St Kathrine^s Works Newington Goods Edinburgh Gas Works Edinburgh Waverley Goods St Ann^s Brewery Braid Burn Bridge Croit an Righ Brewery Calton Tunnels Tourist/other Arthur^s Seat Holyrood Park Holyrood Abbey Scottish Parliament Cameron Toll Signal Box Palace of Holyroodhouse National Museum of Scotland |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
