>> Not far from where I grew up, the other way round - Google Cavalry Tunnel,
>> or 40 Acre Tunnel - a tunnel under the Feltham Marshalling yards, it carries the
>> River Crane and a parallel relief tunnel, which we use to walk through in the
>> dark when we were kids. It's now being changed back to a railway depot, for
>> new trains, IIRC.
>>
>> www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2020/05/13/south-western-railways-new-rail-depot-at-feltham/
Ah the tunnel that collapsed shutting the line. It was discovered that hidden water scour had undermined all the foundations.
Very history rich river the crane, interesting to visit the old shot towers alongside one section
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