Dinmore Tunnel

GWR 4900 Class 4930 Hagley Hall emerging from the tunnel on 26 February 1983 on the Welsh Marches Line.

Dinmore Tunnel is the name given to two railway tunnels located on the former Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway (S&HR) line between Hereford station and Leominster station. The first tunnel (currently the 'up' tunnel) was built in 1853, with the second tunnel (the 'down' tunnel) being added in 1891.[1] Both are still in use and are jointly the 15th longest tunnels on the former Great Western Railway. To the south of the tunnel was Dinmore railway station,[2] which closed in 1958.[3] They are located just south to the village of Hope Under Dinmore and tunnels under Queen's Wood Country Park & Arboretum.[4]

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  2. ^ Conolly, W. Philip (January 1976). British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer (5th ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 9, section B1. ISBN 0-7110-0320-3. EX/0176.
  3. ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 79. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
  4. ^ "149" (Map). Hereford and Leominster. 1:50,000. Landranger. Ordnance Survey. 2014. ISBN 978-0-319-26247-4.