CLC Railway Tunnels in Liverpool
The Cheshire Lines Committee (CLC) routes from the east to Liverpool Central Railway Station passed through Fulwood Tunnel (200 yds), St. Michael's Tunnel (103 yds), Dingle Tunnel (1082 yds), St. James Tunnel (1320 yds).
Another line branched off at Halewood and headed NNW to Ainsdale and Southport. A branch off this line at Fazakerley headed south west to Huskisson Goods depot, passing through Breeze Hill Tunnel and Hawthorne Road Tunnel.
These lines were constructed relatively late compared with some of the other company's Liverpool railway tunnels, and were locomotive-hauled from the outset. Cntrel Station opened in 1874.
Great George Street Tunnel, connecting St. James and Central Stations, encountered the LNWR Wapping Tunnel, which it crossed by a subterranean bridge. With a ruling gradient of 1 in 90, passage through the tunnel was unpleasant for the locomotive crew.
Note: An underground station was opened at Liverpool Central in January 1892, being the south eastern terminus of the Mersey Railway.
See Also
Sources of Information
- An Illustrated History of Liverpool's Railways' by Paul Anderson, Irwell Press, 1996