Liverpool Overhead Railway Southern Extension Tunnel
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The Liverpool Overhead Railway Southern Extension Tunnel, also known as the Dingle Extension TunnelTemplate:Efn or variations thereof,Template:Sfnp stretches for half a mile from Herculaneum Dock to Dingle underground railway station, which was the southern terminus of the Liverpool Overhead Railway.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
History
The tunnel was opened for operations on 31 December 1896.Template:Sfnp Per the inscription on the tunnel entrance it was constructed under the chairmanship of William Bower Forwood by the engineer Charles Douglas Fox. Additional engineers attributed on the portal are J. H. Greathead and S. B. Cottrell. Contractors were H. M. Nowell and C. Braddock.
The tunnel was approximately Script error: No such module "convert". long, Script error: No such module "convert". wide and Script error: No such module "convert". high. In the station, reached after Script error: No such module "convert". the width and height increased to Script error: No such module "convert". and Script error: No such module "convert". to accommodate the island platform with tracks each side.Template:Sfnp
The tunnel portal at Herculaneum Dock is halfway up a cliff so that the track seamlessly run onto the elevated section of Overhead Railway. The track was electrified using the third rail.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The inscription “LOR Southern Extension” lies above the portal.Template:SfnpTemplate:Efn Soon after the entrance the tunnel passes over the Garston and Liverpool Railway railway tunnel which links Brunswick and Template:Stn. The tunnel was twin track and ended Script error: No such module "convert". beyond the end of Dingle station with twin sets of buffers embedded in the end wall of the tunnel.Template:Sfnp
The last trains ran on 30 December 1956.Template:Sfnp The former station was used as motor repair garage until the collapse of the station entrance in 2012,Template:Sfnp leaving the tunnel and station disused.Template:Sfnp In April 2020 the private owner of the tunnel was looking to sell it with suggestions it could be used as a wine cellar.Template:Sfnp
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