Box Tunnel
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Box Tunnel is a historic railway tunnel in Wiltshire, England, engineered by Isambard Kingdom Brunel as part of the Great Western Railway and renowned for its ambitious 19th-century design and construction.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Box Tunnel canonical | 2 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
railway infrastructure
ⓘ
railway tunnel ⓘ |
| builtFor | Great Western Railway ⓘ |
| connects |
Box
ⓘ
Corsham, Wiltshire ⓘ
surface form:
Corsham
|
| constructionEnd | 1841 ⓘ |
| constructionMethod | shaft and heading excavation ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1836 ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| endPoint | Corsham, Wiltshire ⓘ |
| engineer | Isambard Kingdom Brunel ⓘ |
| gauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| hasHeritageStatus | Grade II listed structure ⓘ |
| hasPortal |
eastern portal at Box
ⓘ
western portal near Corsham ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Grade II listed building ⓘ |
| heritageRegister |
National Heritage List for England entry
ⓘ
surface form:
National Heritage List for England
|
| length |
1.83 miles
ⓘ
2.9 kilometres ⓘ |
| lineUsed | Great Western Main Line ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
England
ⓘ
Wiltshire ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Bath
ⓘ
Chippenham ⓘ |
| locatedOn | route between London and Bristol ⓘ |
| managedBy | Network Rail ⓘ |
| material |
Bath stone
ⓘ
masonry ⓘ |
| notableFor |
ambitious 19th-century engineering
ⓘ
difficult construction through limestone ridge ⓘ long straight alignment ⓘ |
| numberOfTracks | 2 ⓘ |
| opened | 1841 ⓘ |
| operator | Network Rail ⓘ |
| originalGauge | Brunel broad gauge ⓘ |
| owner | Network Rail ⓘ |
| partOf |
Great Western Main Line
ⓘ
Great Western Railway ⓘ former Great Western Railway main lines ⓘ
surface form:
Great Western Railway main route to the West Country
|
| passesThrough |
Box Hill
ⓘ
limestone ridge ⓘ |
| railwaySystem | National Rail ⓘ |
| region |
southwest England
ⓘ
surface form:
South West England
|
| startPoint |
Box, Wiltshire, England
ⓘ
surface form:
Box, Wiltshire
|
| status | in use ⓘ |
| usedFor |
freight rail traffic
ⓘ
passenger rail traffic ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.