Shildon Tunnel

Shildon Tunnel is a railway tunnel on the Tees Valley line between Shildon, and Bishop Auckland in County Durham, England. Although designed to have two tracks, the line is single-track through the tunnel and on to Bishop Auckland.

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Type: Tunnel
Description: railway tunnel in the UK
Also known as: “Prince of Wales) Tunnel”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Shildon War Memorial and Shildon railway station.

Shildon War Memorial

Memorial

Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Shildon War Memorial is situated 1,300 feet southwest of Shildon Tunnel.

Shildon railway station

Railway station

Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Shildon is a railway station serving the town of Shildon in County Durham, England on the Tees Valley Line, between Bishop Auckland and Saltburn via Darlington. Shildon railway station is situated 4,000 feet southeast of Shildon Tunnel.

Locomotion Museum

Museum

Photo: Hugh Mortimer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Locomotion, previously known as Locomotion the National Railway Museum at Shildon, is a railway museum in Shildon, County Durham, England. The museum was renamed in 2017 when it became part of the Science Museum Group. Locomotion Museum is situated 1 mile southeast of Shildon Tunnel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shildon and Eldon.

Shildon

Town

Photo: David Robinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Shildon is a town and civil parish in County Durham, in England. The population taken at the 2011 Census was 9,976. The town has the Locomotion Museum, due to it having the first station, built in 1825, and locomotive works on the Stockton and Darlington Railway.

Eldon

Village

Eldon is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated a few miles south-west of Bishop Auckland, a short distance from Shildon. It gives its name to the peerage of the Earls of Eldon.

Eldon Lane

Village

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Eldon Lane is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated a few miles south-west of Bishop Auckland, a short distance from Shildon. In 2021 it had a population of 998.

Shildon Tunnel

Categories: railway tunnel and transportation
Location: Shildon, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.63584° or 54° 38′ 9″ north

Longitude

-1.64533° or 1° 38′ 43″ west

Open location code

9C6WJ9P3+8V

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1108029335

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=tunnel

Wikidata ID

Q116695293

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Church Street Post Office and Shildon Millennium Green.

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