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These are a few photographs I took of the Wye valley railway, which opened in 1876 and closed to passenger traffic in 1959. Goods services used the line until 1964, and a few trains ran up to the quarry at Tidenham until 1981. There is not all that much left, although the main points of interest - the tunnels - are still there.
Fact sheet on the line.
Tintern Station, which remains as a museum and Cafe.
Tintern Signalbox.
Tintern Bridge - the iron was sold and now only the butresses remain.
Tintern Tunnel, bricked up in the seventies due to junkies taking up residence there.
The exit.
A viaduct. You wouldn't even notice you were on it until you look over the side.
Tintern quarry. Because of this, trains still used Tidenham tunnel up until 1981. I'm think the quarry is still open, but no trains pass now.
Tidenham tunnel. I seem to recall that this was about the twentieth longest tunnel in Britain or something like that.
The huge ventilation shaft.
Calcite had formed in the tunnel.
I couldn't continue any further, because of the impenetrable undergrowth.
Fact sheet on the line.
Tintern Station, which remains as a museum and Cafe.
Tintern Signalbox.
Tintern Bridge - the iron was sold and now only the butresses remain.
Tintern Tunnel, bricked up in the seventies due to junkies taking up residence there.
The exit.
A viaduct. You wouldn't even notice you were on it until you look over the side.
Tintern quarry. Because of this, trains still used Tidenham tunnel up until 1981. I'm think the quarry is still open, but no trains pass now.
Tidenham tunnel. I seem to recall that this was about the twentieth longest tunnel in Britain or something like that.
The huge ventilation shaft.
Calcite had formed in the tunnel.
I couldn't continue any further, because of the impenetrable undergrowth.
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