Union Street Tunnel
Location type
TunnelNames and dates
Union Street Tunnel (1869-1966)Union Street Tunnel (1971-1991)
Opened on the Greenock and Ayrshire Railway.
Description
This is a disused double track tunnel between the former Greenock Princes Pier [2nd] and Greenock (Lynedoch) stations. The tunnel is 718 yds long.
Tags
Tunnel| Nearby stations Greenock West Greenock Princes Pier [1st] Greenock Princes Pier [2nd] Drumfrochar Greenock Cathcart Street [1st] Greenock Central Upper Greenock Greenock (Lynedoch) Fort Matilda Whinhill Branchton Cartsdyke Ravenscraig Gourock Bogston | Princes Pier Shed Greenock Containerbase Sidings Kilblain Engine Works Newton Street Tunnel Princes Pier Junction Orangefield Tunnel Bay of Quick Shipyard Greenock Gas Works Princes Pier Goods Albert Quay Wellington Street Catch Points Anne Street Tunnel Greenock Container Port Tourist/other McLean Art Gallery Old West Kirk [Greenock] |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Books
 Legends of the Glasgow and South Western Railway in the L.M.S.Days |  Scotland’s Lost Branch Lines: Where Beeching Got It Wrong |  The Glasgow & South Western Railway a History |
