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18-471: Victoria Tunnel may refer to: Victoria Tunnel (Liverpool) , England Victoria Tunnel (Newcastle) , England Victoria Tunnel, Queensland , Australia Mount Victoria Tunnel , Wellington, New Zealand [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

36-556: A 560 feet (170 m) bay platform, all covered by a roof. Beyond the buffers were waiting rooms and an inspector's office. It was rebuilt in 1945 after bomb damage. On the opposite side of Princes Parade from the station were the Customs examination rooms and the floating Princes Landing Stage, where the ships berthed. Due to weight restrictions on the line, it was worked by a pair of LNWR Webb Coal Tank locomotives which took trains from Edge Hill railway station until strengthening of

54-547: A tunnelled connection to the Wapping Tunnel at Central station. However these short tunnels can be used to create tunnel links to either of the tunnels in the future. Budget cuts prevented further work. In May 2007 it was reported that Merseytravel Chief Executive Neil Scales had prepared a report outlining the possibilities for reuse of the Wapping tunnel and Victoria tunnel with the latter to aid in redeveloping

72-433: Is a 1.537 miles (2.474 km) long rail tunnel. Opened in 1849, its eastern portal is adjacent to Edge Hill station . The western portal opens into a short (69 yards or 63 metres) cutting, between Byrom Street and Fontenoy Street, the shorter Waterloo Tunnel exits the cutting terminating at Waterloo Dock. The Victoria and Waterloo tunnels are effectively one long tunnel connected by a ventilation cutting. The whole length

90-648: Is generally known as the Waterloo Tunnel . The city of Liverpool is built on an escarpment. Edge Hill stands on the ridge to the east of the city. The escarpment falls down to the River Mersey. The Victoria Tunnel followed a western course downwards on a falling gradient of 1:57 to the river. The lowest point is at the Byrom Street cutting. The tunnel continues towards the Waterloo Dock with

108-584: The Mersey Docks & Harbour Board’s railway to the Riverside station. Riverside liner terminus suffered a steep decline in trade during the 1960s as trans-Atlantic passenger trade was diverted to airliners. The last passenger service was in February 1971. The tunnel closed on 19 November 1972. A section of the up-line was retained as a 600 yd (550 m) head-shunt at Edge Hill. The structure of

126-502: The Waterloo Tunnel to the Byrom Street cutting. From the cutting the tunnel rose to Edge Hill. Rail wagons were pulled up the steep gradient from the Byrom Street cutting by a wire rope. The rope was the largest iron wire rope ever manufactured. A brick building housed a large static steam engine that wound the rope pulling the rail wagons up the tunnel. At 26 ft (7.9 m) in width and 18 ft (5.5 m) in height,

144-475: The cutting along with gas lighting, allowing 24-hour operation. The work cutting the tunnel from the Byrom Street Cutting to Waterloo Dock good station resulted in houses subsiding forcing the residents to abandon their homes. In August 1849 the first goods trains ran through the tunnel to Waterloo Goods railway station . Rail wagons were pulled by locomotive from Waterloo Dock down a gradient in

162-521: The infrastructure around the docks area in 1950 allowed large mainline locomotives to travel through. To open the line for a train the signalman had to walk about 0.75 miles (1.21 km) fitting six Annett's keys into locks at the swing bridge and points. A pilot with a red flag walked a similar distance in front of each train that arrived and departed. The station was closed when the Belfast Steamship Company 's Ulster Queen hit

180-496: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Victoria_Tunnel&oldid=285616331 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Victoria Tunnel (Liverpool) The Victoria Tunnel in Liverpool , England

198-417: The much shorter Waterloo Tunnel. The tunnel rises upwards from this point with rising gradients of 1:513 for 251 yd (230 m), 1:139 for 400 yd (370 m) and finally 1:86 for 217 yd (198 m) to the western Waterloo Dock portal. When cutting the tunnel, from Byrom Street eastwards and upwards to Edge Hill the work was difficult as care was needed not to disturb the buildings above due to

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216-561: The north shore area of Liverpool. The western portal emerges near to the site of the proposed Liverpool Waters docklands redevelopment scheme. Merseytravel safeguards the tunnel for future use. Another use was suggested in September 2015 by the Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson , this was to provide access to a new station on the former site of Archbishop Blanch School Liverpool Riverside railway station Liverpool Riverside

234-432: The shallow depth of the tunnel. Ventilation is via five air shafts. Refuges were cut into both walls with two small huts cut into the down-side for storage space rest places for rail workers. Demolition of buildings between Byrom Street and Fontenoy Street was needed to open out a box cutting, of 69 yd (63 m) in length at Byrom Street, where two sidings were laid. Locomotive watering tank facilities were installed in

252-616: The swing bridge at the entrance to Prince's Dock on 21 October 1949, reopening on 27 March 1950. The station was heavily used during both World Wars, receiving troop trains from all over the United Kingdom and troops entering the country, however a decline in Atlantic liner traffic in the 1960s due to the growing popularity of air travel saw its use decline. On 20 September 1960, English Electric type 4 locomotives D211 and D212 were respectively named Mauretania and Aureol at

270-461: The tunnel could accommodate rail wagons 9 ft (2.7 m) wide and 13 ft 3 in (4.04 m) high. Electric wiring was installed through the tunnel operating bells, allowing men at the Byrom Street cutting to communicate with men at Edge Hill. The Victoria tunnel’s east portal at Edge Hill features a rusticated red sandstone arch. Of architectural merit the portal stonework has been Grade II listed since June 1985. After 46 years of use,

288-501: The tunnel is currently generally dry and in good condition. The tunnel is in the ownership of Network Rail, who maintain its structure. The eastern section of the Victoria Tunnel was considered as an addition to Merseyrail in 1975, to link the city centre from Liverpool Central underground station to the east of Liverpool . However, the tunnel was rejected in favour of the Wapping Tunnel . Spur works were built to enable

306-469: The wire rope severed on 16 February 1895. It was decided to abandon the old rope system as locomotives were now much more powerful and able to climb the whole tunnel incline without assistance. On 12 June 1895 passenger trains were introduced into the tunnel serving the now-demolished Riverside passenger liner terminal station at the Pier Head. From the tunnel portal at Waterloo Goods Station trains ran on

324-522: Was a railway station owned by the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board and located at Liverpool 's Pier Head ocean liner terminal . The station was specifically used for ship liner traffic, opening on 12 June 1895. It was accessed via the Victoria and Waterloo tunnels. It had two main platforms of 795 feet (242 m) and 698 feet (213 m), with a centre release track between them, and

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