Bowshank tunnel
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 A Borders Railway train leaves the Bowshank Tunnel
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| Official name | Bowshank tunnel | |||
| use | Railway tunnel | |||
| traffic connection | Waverley Line | |||
| place | Stow | |||
| length | 195 meters | |||
| Number of tubes | 1 | |||
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| Client | North British Railway | |||
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| Coordinates | ||||
| North portal | 55 ° 39 ′ 45 " N , 2 ° 52 ′ 17" W. | |||
| South portal | 55 ° 39 ′ 39 " N , 2 ° 52 ′ 11" W. | |||
Map with all coordinates: The Bowshank Tunnel is a railway tunnel in the Scottish Council Area Scottish Borders . It is located in a sparsely populated region between the villages of Galashiels in the south and Stow in the north.
description
The Waverley Line ( Edinburgh - Carlisle ) tracks run through the tunnel . The railway line follows the east bank of Gala Water from Galashiels . However, this describes a narrow loop at the site of the tunnel that is difficult to follow for rail traffic. Instead, the route was led in a slight curve through a bridge on both sides of the loop across the river twice. The Bowshank Tunnel lies between the two bridges and runs through the Umlaufberg .
The tunnel has a length of around 195 m. The south portal is lined with ashlar stones that are built into rusticated layered masonry . In contrast, only roughly hewn quarry stone was used on the north portal . The tunnel itself is lined. The masonry shows various signs of repair work. New bricks were partly used. The south portal was also reinforced with concrete. Wall niches are set in for the route keepers near the south portal.
After the closure of the Waverley Line in the 1960s, the tunnel became obsolete and the tracks were removed. As part of the reconstruction of the line as the Borders Railway (Edinburgh– Tweedbank ), two tracks were laid again in 2014 through the Bowshank Tunnel. Trains have been running through the tunnel again as scheduled since September 6, 2015.
South portal
North portal
Bridge over the Gala Water
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Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry on Bowshank Tunnel in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ↑ Information about the Borders Railway ( Memento of the original dated November 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
