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Bolsover Tunnel is a disused and infilled twin-track railway tunnel[1] between Carr Vale and Scarcliffe in Derbyshire, England.

At 2,624 yd (1.5 mi; 2.4 km) it was the 18th longest railway tunnel in Britain prior to its closure in 1951.

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Bolsover Tunnel

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Bolsover Tunnel is a disused and infilled twin-track railway tunnel between Carr Vale and Scarcliffe in Derbyshire, England. At 2,624 yd (1.5 mi; 2.4 km)...

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Bolsover

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Bolsover is a market town and the administrative centre of the Bolsover District, Derbyshire, England. It is 18 miles (29 km) from Sheffield, 26 miles...

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Shirebrook

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Shirebrook is a town and civil parish in the Bolsover District of Derbyshire, England. It had a population of 13,300 at the 2021 Census. The town is on...

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List of tunnels in the United Kingdom

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coordinates) This is a list of road, railway, waterway, and other tunnels in the United Kingdom. A tunnel is an underground passageway with no defined minimum length...

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Bolsover South railway station

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primarily due to the prohibitive cost of repairing and maintaining Bolsover Tunnel. Track lifting started immediately after closure and was completed...

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Duckmanton Tunnel

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December 1951. Bolsover South and Scarcliffe stations were closed completely. The section from Chesterfield Market Place through the tunnel to Arkwright...

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Scarcliffe railway station

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hundred yards from the eastern entrance of the 2,624-yard (2,399-metre) Bolsover Tunnel. Eastwards, the line fell at 1 in 100 to Langwith Junction. A short...

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Boythorpe Viaduct

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condition of Bolsover Tunnel and concerns over the safety of Doe Lea Viaduct, both of which were affected by colliery subsidence. Bolsover South and Scarcliffe...

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Fledborough Viaduct

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Place) Duckmanton Tunnel Great Central Main Line Arkwright Town Arkwright Town Jct (1907) River Doe Lea Bolsover South Bolsover Tunnel Scarcliffe Summit...

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Chesterfield railway station

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Market Place station closed to passengers in 1951 due to problems in Bolsover Tunnel, although the station remained open for goods traffic until March 1957...

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Chesterfield Market Place railway station

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1951 because of the prohibitive cost of maintaining and repairing Bolsover Tunnel, together with concerns over Doe Lea Viaduct and the limited amount...

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Spinkhill Tunnel

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Spinkhill Tunnel is a disused twin-track railway tunnel south of Spinkhill railway station in Derbyshire, England. The 501 yards long tunnel was opened...

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Spinkhill railway station

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their Beighton Branch, within sight of the northern portal of Spinkhill Tunnel. It opened in 1898 and closed to regular timetabled passenger traffic in...

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Doe Lea Viaduct

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condition of Bolsover Tunnel and concerns over the safety of Doe Lea Viaduct, both of which were affected by colliery subsidence. Bolsover South and Scarcliffe...

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Markland Grips Viaduct

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were to counteract the effects of mining subsidence. Finally a concrete "tunnel" was built for wheeled and foot users and the viaduct was buried under spoil...

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Clipstone railway station

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Place) Duckmanton Tunnel Great Central Main Line Arkwright Town Arkwright Town Jct (1907) River Doe Lea Bolsover South Bolsover Tunnel Scarcliffe Summit...

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Bolsover Castle railway station

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Bolsover Castle is a former railway station in Bolsover, Derbyshire, England. The station was built by the Midland Railway on the circuitous Barrow Hill...

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Catcliffe railway station

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Place) Duckmanton Tunnel Great Central Main Line Arkwright Town Arkwright Town Jct (1907) River Doe Lea Bolsover South Bolsover Tunnel Scarcliffe Summit...

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West Tinsley railway station

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Place) Duckmanton Tunnel Great Central Main Line Arkwright Town Arkwright Town Jct (1907) River Doe Lea Bolsover South Bolsover Tunnel Scarcliffe Summit...

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Doe Lea branch line

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England. It connected the Derbyshire towns of Chesterfield, Staveley and Bolsover to the Nottinghamshire town of Mansfield. It also had a branch line to...

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Horns Bridge

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through the town, although bypassing the former GCR tunnel. The southern entrance to this tunnel can still be seen through the fence at the junction of...

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Dukeries Junction railway station

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Place) Duckmanton Tunnel Great Central Main Line Arkwright Town Arkwright Town Jct (1907) River Doe Lea Bolsover South Bolsover Tunnel Scarcliffe Summit...

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Arkwright Town Junction

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Place) Duckmanton Tunnel Great Central Main Line Arkwright Town Arkwright Town Jct (1907) River Doe Lea Bolsover South Bolsover Tunnel Scarcliffe Summit...

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Tuxford Central railway station

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company's standard modular architecture, very similar to Edwinstowe and Bolsover South. Of the LD&ECR stations only Tuxford Central and Dukeries Junction...

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Fledborough railway station

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Place) Duckmanton Tunnel Great Central Main Line Arkwright Town Arkwright Town Jct (1907) River Doe Lea Bolsover South Bolsover Tunnel Scarcliffe Summit...

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Shirebrook North railway station

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£1 million (1951 prices) cost of repairing Bolsover Tunnel, plus uncosted concerns over the Doe Lea Viaduct west of Bolsover South hopelessly uneconomic. Track...

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