Hunsbury Hill Tunnel
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Hunsbury Hill Tunnel is a railway tunnel on the Northampton Loop Line of the West Coast Main Line. The tunnel runs in a straight line from the Briar Hill district of the town of Northampton (north portal: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.), England about north by east to the East Hunsbury district south of the town (south portal: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.). The tunnel has a single bore with twin tracks and is 1,152 yards (1,053 m) long.[1] It is about 1 mile south of Northampton railway station and the next station south is Wolverton. The tunnel opened together with the rest of the loop line in 1881.[2]
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- ↑ History of the Railways of Northamptonshire, P. Butler, 2006 ISBN 978-1-85794-281-1
