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Box Tunnel

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Length2. 945 km
Construction startedNovember 1836
LineGreat Western Main Line
Locations Box Hill
Wiltshire
England
Operating speed125 miles per hour (201 km/h)
Work begunDecember 1838
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
ID1138018
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About Box Tunnel


Box Tunnel passes through Box Hill on the Great Western Main Line between Bath and Chippenham. The railway tunnel is 1. 83 miles in length, straight, and descends on a 1 in 100 gradient from its eastern end. The west portal is Grade II* listed and the east portal is Grade II listed.

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