Mersey Tunnels

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railway tunnel road tunnel transport infrastructure tunnel system

The Mersey Tunnels are a set of road and rail tunnels linking Liverpool with the Wirral Peninsula beneath the River Mersey in northwest England.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	railway tunnel → road tunnel → road tunnel → transport infrastructure → tunnel system →
alsoKnownAs	Birkenhead Tunnel → Wallasey Tunnel →
connects	Birkenhead → Birkenhead → Liverpool → Liverpool → Liverpool → Liverpool → Wallasey → Wirral Peninsula →
country	England →
crosses	River Mersey → River Mersey → River Mersey → River Mersey →
electrified	yes →
hasPart	Kingsway Tunnel → Mersey Railway Tunnel → Queensway Tunnel →
hasToll	yes →
hasTrafficType	commuter rail → motor vehicles →
length	approximately 3.24 kilometres →
links	Liverpool city centre → Wirral towns →
locatedIn	North West England → United Kingdom →
locatedUnder	River Mersey estuary →
opened	1886 → 1934 → 1971 →
operator	Merseytravel → Merseytravel → Merseytravel →
owner	Liverpool City Region Combined Authority →
partOf	Merseyrail network →
primaryFunction	cross-river transport →
regionServed	Liverpool City Region →
safetyFeatures	emergency exits → ventilation systems →
serves	rail traffic → road traffic →
tollRoad	yes → yes →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Mersey Estuary → River Mersey → River Mersey ("Kingsway Tunnel") →	crossedBy
Kingsway Tunnel ("Wallasey Tunnel") →	alsoKnownAs
Wirral →	connectedBy
Mersey Tunnels ("Mersey Railway Tunnel") →	hasPart
Queensway Tunnel →	partOf
Queensway Tunnel ("Mersey Tunnel") →	previouslyKnownAs