The missing tunnels
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Key to symbols
Icon Meaning
'Streetmap' showing south/west portal
This portal is known to be buried
? Unconfirmed length/year
NOC Never officially closed
Link to info on external site
Link to info/photos on this site
Link to info/photos on 28 Days Later
Link to photo on Geograph
Link to photo(s) on Flickr
Link to info/photos on Wikipedia
Icon Meaning
'Streetmap' showing north/east portal
~ Approximate length
(g) Approximate length from Google Earth
Link to photo(s) on external site
Link to info/photos on Lost Railways
Link to info/photos on RailScot
Link to info/photos on SubBrit
Link to info/photos on TunnelsUK
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Key to companies
Abr Name
A&B Aboyne & Braemar
AW Alloa Waggonway
A&G Avon & Gloucestershire
Bally Ballycastle
B&CD Banbury & Cheltenham Direct
B&C Bangor & Caernarfon
Barry Barry
BD&RC Barry Dock & Railway Co
BC Belfast Central
B&HE Berks & Hants Extension
Boul Boulby Ironstone Mine
BC Bradford Corporation
B&M Brecon & Merthyr
B&E Bristol & Exeter
B&G Bristol & Gloucester
B&NS Bristol & North Somerset
BPR&P Bristol Port Railway & Pier
BR British Rail
BT&SD Bckfstleigh, Totnes & Sth Devon
BBL&C Burham Brick Lime & Cement
CalCol Calderbank Colliery
CalLow Caldon Low Tramway
Cal Caledonian
Camb Cambrian
Card Cardiff
C&C Carmarthan & Cardigan
C&L Carrickfergus & Larne
CGU Central Glasgow Union
Cht Wht Chatterley Whitfield (Colliery)
Chesh Cheshire Lines Committee
C&B Chester & Birkenhead
CCC Clay Cross Company
C&WJ Cleator & Workington Jnc
C&L Chesterfield & Lincoln
CK&P Cockermth, Keswick & Penrith
Cole Coleford
CMU&P Colefrd Monmth Usk & Pontypl
CT Coleorton Tramway
CB&P Cork Blackrock & Passage
C&B Cork & Bandon
CM Cornwall Minerals
C&PW Cranbrook & Paddock Wood
Cr&Co Crieff & Comrie
C&HP Cromford & High Peak
DQ Dale Quarry
Dav Davington Light
DG Denby Grange (Colliery)
D&S Devon & Somerset
DD Devonport Dockyard
D&K Dublin & Kingstown
D&W Dublin & Wicklow
DW&W Dublin Wicklow & Wexford
D&E Dundalk & Enniskillen
D&N Dundee & Newtyle
D&S Durham & Sunderland
ELncs East Lancashire
EC Eastern Counties & Thames Jnc
E&D Edinburgh & Dalkeith
EL&N Edinburgh, Leith & Newhaven
EL&R Edinburgh, Loanhead & Roslin
EP&D Edinburgh, Perth & Dundee
EI Eglinton Ironworks
Esk Esk Valley
Exe Exeter
F&R Fishguard & Rosslare
FP&WR Fleetw'd, Preston & Wst Riding
G&SW Glasgow & South Western
GCent Glasgow Central
GC&D Glasgow City & District
GC Great Central
GE Great Eastern
GN Great Northern
GN/LNW Great Northern/L&NW Jt
GN/Mid Great Northern/Midland Jt
GS&W Great Southern & Western
GW Great Western
GW/LNW Great Western/L&NW Jt
GW/Mid Great Western/Midland Jt
G&A Greenock & Ayrshire
Grink Grinkle Iron Mines
GGQ Groby Granite Quarries
Harb Harbourne
Het Hetton Colliery
Hill's Hill's Tramroad
H&B Hull & Barnsley
I&FA Invergarry & Fort Augustus
IoW Isle of Wight
IoWC Isle of Wight Central
JR&T Jersey Railways & Tramways
K&ESL Kent & East Sussex Light
L&HC Lambton & Hetton Collieries
L&D Lanarkshire & Dunbarton
L&Y Lancashire & Yorkshire
LU/L&Y Lancs Union/Lancs & Yorks Jt
Abr Name
LD&EC Lancs, Derbyshire & East Coast
L&T Leeds & Thirsk
LMVLR Leek & Manifold Valley Light
L&M Liverpool & Manchester
LSH&SL Liverpool St Helens & Sth Lancs
L&S Leicester & Swannington
L&K Limerick & Kerry
L&M Liverpool & Manchester
LO Liverpool Overhead
L&O Llynvi & Ogmore
Llynvi Llynvi Valley
LNW London & North Western
LSW London & South Western
LSW/Mid London & Sth Wstrn/Mid Jt
LBSC London, Brighton & Sth Coast
LC&D London, Chatham & Dover
L&L Louth & Lincoln
Malm Malmesbury
M&L Manchester & Leeds
M&M Manchester & Midford
MS&L Manchester, Sheffield & Lincs
Mar Marland Light
MBQT Meal Bank Quarry Tramway
MT&A Merthyr, Tred'gar & Abrgvny
MetWL Metropolitan (Widened Lines)
Mid Midland
Mid/CLC Midland/Cheshire Lines Cmt Jt
MC Midland Counties
MGW Midland Great Western
M&SWJ Midland & South Western Jnc
MoT Ministry of Transport
M&K Monkland & Kirkintilloch
NR&M Narberth Rd & Maenclochog
N&C Newcastle & Carlisle
NA&H Newport, Abrgvnny & Hereford
N&A Newry & Armagh
N&S Norfolk & Suffolk
Nth Brt North British
NE North Eastern
Nth Lnd North London
Nth Stf North Staffordshire
NWM North Wales Mineral
Not Sub Nottingham Suburban
OA&GB Oldham, Ashton & Guide Br Jnc
OW&W Oxford, Worcstr & Wolvrhmptn
Pad Padarn
PFT Peak Forest Tramway
Pen Penicuik
P&D Plymouth & Dartmoor
PD&SW Plymouth, Devonport & SW Jnc
Pt Talb Port Talbot
PD&O Portadwn Dungannon & Omagh
P&L Preston & Longridge
R&SB Rhondda & Swansea Bay
R&M Ross & Monmouth
R&N Ryde & Newport
S&DJ Salisbury & Dorset Jnc
Saund Saundersfoot
Sc&Wh Scarborough & Whitby
S&W Severn & Wye
SB Severn Bridge
SV Severn Valley
S&M Sheffield & Midland Committee
SA&M Sheffield, Ashton-u-L & Manch
SISCC Shelton Iron Steel & Coal Co
S&C Shrewsbury & Chester
S&D Somerset & Dorset
SE South Eastern
SE&C South Eastern & Chatham
SW South Wales
SWM South Wales Mineral
SYJ South Yorkshire Jnc
Sn&Dr Southampton & Dorchester
SHCR St Helens Canal & Railway Co
S&T Stanhope & Tyne
St&Dn Stirling & Dunfermline
Str Strathspey
S&K Swinton & Knottingley Joint
Tf Vale Taff Vale
T&M Tewkesbury & Malvern
TT Ticknall Tramway
Tref Treffry's
VoN Vale of Neath
WD&L Wtrford Dungarvon & Lismore
WV Wear Valley
Wem Wemyss (Colliery)
Wen Wenlock
WC West Cork
WYks West Yorkshire
WJ Wigan Junction
WS&M Wirksworth Stone & Mineral Co
Wye Wye Valley
Y&NM York & North Midland
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