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Nov 5, 2021 · A two-mile-long victorian tunnel in the Rhondda which is currently under the control of Highways England will be transferred to Welsh ownership, the Secretary of State for Transport has said. Campaigners are hoping to connect communities in the Rhondda and Afan valleys by reopening the 3,443 yard tunnel built in the 1880s as a route for walkers and cyclists.
The Rhondda Tunnel is an abandoned railway tunnel that runs between the Rhondda and the Afan Valleys in South Wales. It is 3,443 yards (3,148 m) long, making it the third longest railway tunnel in Wales, and the seventeenth longest in the United Kingdom. [1]
Mar 11, 2015 · The Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Tunnel closed in 1968 and volunteers are hoping to receive funding to excavate the tunnel to attract tourists and create a cycle trail. This is the story behind ...
Jan 29, 2022 · The Rhondda Tunnel Society, set up in 2014, is working to re-open the tunnel and has been looking into raising funds as part of the project. You can read more on that here. Read more: You can find ...
May 8, 2018 · The Rhondda Tunnel once hosted coal trains that rumbled 1,000 feet below the mountains, from the mines of Rhondda to the ports in Swansea Bay. ... The tunnel was closed as part of the Beeching ...
The tunnel was temporarily closed in 1968 due to safety issues, and in 1970 passenger services were stopped permanently due to the cost of repairs. In 1980 the disused tunnel was blocked up at both ends to prevent unauthorised people entering it. (The site of the Blaencym end of the Rhondda Tunnel. Image courtesy Rhondda Tunnel Society.)
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Jan 13, 2015 · For 47 years, it has lain dormant but now The Rhondda Tunnel Society group has formed with the long term ambition of reopening the tunnel, the seventh-longest in the UK. Volunteers are hoping to ...
