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Swan View Tunnel
Eastern portal in January 2006
Overview
LocationSwan View, Western Australia
Coordinates31°52′59.3″S 116°4′10.3″E / 31.883139°S 116.069528°E / -31.883139; 116.069528
StatusConverted to rail trail
Start31°52′56.1″S 116°4′15.5″E / 31.882250°S 116.070972°E / -31.882250; 116.070972 (North-eastern Portal)
End31°53′2.8″S 116°4′5.0″E / 31.884111°S 116.068056°E / -31.884111; 116.068056 (South-western Portal)
Operation
Opened22 February 1895
Closed13 February 1966
OwnerDepartment of Parks & Wildlife
OperatorWestern Australian Government Railways
Technical
Line length340 metres
No. of tracks1
Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

The Swan View Tunnel is a former railway tunnel located on the southern side of the Jane Brook valley in the outer Perth suburb of Swan View in the John Forrest National Park on the edge of the Darling Scarp. After its closure as a railway tunnel, it reopened as part of the John Forrest Heritage Trail, a rail trail.

Prior to the construction of tunnels and the sinking of the Subiaco railway station in 1999, the Swan View Tunnel was the only tunnel on the Western Australian railway network.

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