Tunnels in UK

Deep level tunnel under the Mersey between Liverpool and Birkenhead, opened 1886 with steam locomotives and converted to electric ...

Great Western Railway bore under the Severn estuary, the longest main line rail tunnel in Britain for over a century. A freshwater...

The first deep level electric underground railway in the world, opened 1890 between King William Street and Stockwell under the Th...

Crossrail bored 42 km of new twin tunnels under London with eight giant TBMs named after women. Opened as the Elizabeth line in Ma...

Vehicle tunnel under the River Tyne between Jarrow and Howdon on the A19, opened 1967. A second, larger bore opened in 2011 doubli...

Second Mersey road crossing between Wallasey and Liverpool, built to relieve the older Mersey Queensway tunnel. Sits upstream of t...

Thames crossing bores at the Dartford Crossing, the eastern link of the M25. First bore opened 1963, second 1980, later joined by ...

Victorian bore under the Thames in East London, its tight bends carved to dodge sewers and ship wrecks. The 1897 northbound bore s...

Longest and deepest canal tunnel in Britain, under the Pennines between Marsden and Diggle. No towpath, so leggers once pushed boa...

The first tunnel known to have been built successfully beneath a navigable river, dug between Rotherhithe and Wapping by Marc Brun...

Isambard Kingdom Brunels Great Western Railway tunnel through Box Hill in Wiltshire, one of the longest railway tunnels in the wor...

The super sewer under the River Thames from Acton to Abbey Mills, built to stop the tens of millions of tonnes of sewage that over...

Twin canal tunnels on the Trent and Mersey Canal near Kidsgrove. James Brindleys original bore opened in 1777 and was legged throu...

The road tunnel under the River Mersey between Liverpool and Birkenhead, opened by King George V in 1934. For more than two decade...