To kind of celebrate my planned trip to Nottingham tomorrow, I just thought I'd
share this shot of Mansfield Road tunnel in the city from one of my last
trips. One of the longer disused bores in the UK (37th), Mansfield
Road weighs in at 1189 yards (1087 metres), and was in use on
the Great Central from 1898 to 1968. At its south portal, the station
opened out into the long-gone Victoria Station in a very deep cutting
(extant, though now housing an NCP!). The tunnel gently slopes and curves, and it's northern
portal is buried, though accessible via a hatch.
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