Great Central Railway Catesby Tunnel
Welcome to Part 4 of our 'Ghosts of the GCR mainline' series.
We're starting at the site of the former Charwelton railway station and progressing north up the abandoned Great Central Railway.
We're telling the story of the Catesby Tunnel. A disused railway tunnel 2,997 yards (2.7 km) long. A beautiful blue brick construction, typical of the GCR. Built underneath the land of Henry Attenborough of Catesby House. He stipulated that the railway could not pass through his land via a cutting, and had to be tunnelled. The tunnel was contructed with a mixture of cut and cover and via construction shafts, with some of the blue brick turret shafts still visible today.
These days the tunnel is no so disused. It was renovated for use as a vehicle testing track in a controlled environment for race cars, bikes and cycles. Therefore on our flying visit, the only view we got inside the tunnel was a peak through the lock hole at the northern portal.
At the side of Charwelton station is the Catesby Innovation Centre.
https://catesbytunnel.com/
***About this series***
We are visiting various locations on the GCR between Culworth Junction in Northamptonshire and Rugby in Warwickshire. Visiting former station sites, bridges, junctions, old infrastructure, viaducts, tunnels and some other interesting stuff.
Great Central Mainline was built as the London Extension of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire railway. Opening in 1899, it was designed to be as straight as possible with as little gradient as possible. Speed was the aim and express trains travelled between London Marylebone, Leicester, Nottingham, Sheffield and Manchester. It was the last UK mainline to be built before HS1 over a century later.
It thrived initially, however with a lack of upkeep, neglect and dwindling usage, it was mothballed during the great railway rationalisation of Dr Beeching in the 1960s - known as the Beeching Axe. Lost railway artefacts and relics are left scattered along the route.
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Видео Great Central Railway Catesby Tunnel канала Wobbly Runner Exploring
We're starting at the site of the former Charwelton railway station and progressing north up the abandoned Great Central Railway.
We're telling the story of the Catesby Tunnel. A disused railway tunnel 2,997 yards (2.7 km) long. A beautiful blue brick construction, typical of the GCR. Built underneath the land of Henry Attenborough of Catesby House. He stipulated that the railway could not pass through his land via a cutting, and had to be tunnelled. The tunnel was contructed with a mixture of cut and cover and via construction shafts, with some of the blue brick turret shafts still visible today.
These days the tunnel is no so disused. It was renovated for use as a vehicle testing track in a controlled environment for race cars, bikes and cycles. Therefore on our flying visit, the only view we got inside the tunnel was a peak through the lock hole at the northern portal.
At the side of Charwelton station is the Catesby Innovation Centre.
https://catesbytunnel.com/
***About this series***
We are visiting various locations on the GCR between Culworth Junction in Northamptonshire and Rugby in Warwickshire. Visiting former station sites, bridges, junctions, old infrastructure, viaducts, tunnels and some other interesting stuff.
Great Central Mainline was built as the London Extension of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire railway. Opening in 1899, it was designed to be as straight as possible with as little gradient as possible. Speed was the aim and express trains travelled between London Marylebone, Leicester, Nottingham, Sheffield and Manchester. It was the last UK mainline to be built before HS1 over a century later.
It thrived initially, however with a lack of upkeep, neglect and dwindling usage, it was mothballed during the great railway rationalisation of Dr Beeching in the 1960s - known as the Beeching Axe. Lost railway artefacts and relics are left scattered along the route.
Become a channel member - https://www.youtube.com/wobblyrunner/join
Buy me a coffee - https://ko-fi.com/wobblyrunner
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Видео Great Central Railway Catesby Tunnel канала Wobbly Runner Exploring
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