Standedge tunnels

E53265

The Standedge Tunnels are a historic series of canal and railway tunnels piercing the Pennines in northern England, known as some of the longest and highest transport tunnels in the UK.

All labels observed (15)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf transport infrastructure ⓘ
tunnel complex ⓘ
category Canal tunnels in England ⓘ
Railway tunnels in England ⓘ
Tunnels in Greater Manchester ⓘ
Tunnels in West Yorkshire ⓘ
composedOf Standedge tunnels self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Standedge Canal Tunnel

Standedge tunnels self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Standedge Railway Tunnel (1848, double-track)

Standedge tunnels self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Standedge Railway Tunnel (1871, single-track)

Standedge tunnels self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Standedge Railway Tunnel (1894, double-track)
connects Diggle ⓘ
Marsden ⓘ
constructionMaterial rock and masonry ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
feature interconnecting cross-passages between bores ⓘ
multiple parallel bores for rail and canal ⓘ
gaugeType narrow canal gauge (for canal tunnel) ⓘ
hasAccessPoint Diggle ⓘ
surface form: Diggle portal

Marsden ⓘ
surface form: Marsden portal
hasVisitorCentre Standedge tunnels self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Standedge Tunnel and Visitor Centre
heritageStatus historic engineering site ⓘ
highestPointAboveSeaLevel about 196 metres ⓘ
locatedIn Kirklees ⓘ
surface form: Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees

Pennines ⓘ
northern England ⓘ
locatedNear Diggle, Greater Manchester ⓘ
Marsden, West Yorkshire ⓘ
locatedOnWaterway Huddersfield Narrow Canal ⓘ
namedAfter Standedge tunnels self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Standedge
notableFor being among the highest canal and railway tunnels in the UK ⓘ
being among the longest transport tunnels in the UK ⓘ
operator Canal & River Trust ⓘ
ownedBy Canal & River Trust ⓘ
surface form: Canal & River Trust (canal tunnel)

Network Rail ⓘ
surface form: Network Rail (rail tunnels)
partOf Huddersfield Narrow Canal ⓘ
passesThrough Pennine watershed ⓘ
railwayLine Huddersfield Line ⓘ
region Greater Manchester ⓘ
West Yorkshire ⓘ
status operational for canal navigation ⓘ
operational for rail traffic ⓘ
terrain upland moorland ⓘ
tourism guided boat trips ⓘ
guided walking tours ⓘ
transportCorridor TransPennine North Route ⓘ
surface form: Trans-Pennine route
usedFor canal transport ⓘ
rail transport ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Manchester to Leeds line → hasStructure → Standedge tunnels ⓘ
Huddersfield Line → hasStructure → Standedge tunnels ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standedge Tunnel
Huddersfield Line → knownFor → Standedge tunnels ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standedge Tunnel
Standedge tunnels → composedOf → Standedge tunnels self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Standedge Tunnels
this entity surface form: Standedge Canal Tunnel
Standedge tunnels → composedOf → Standedge tunnels self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Standedge Tunnels
this entity surface form: Standedge Railway Tunnel (1848, double-track)
Standedge tunnels → composedOf → Standedge tunnels self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Standedge Tunnels
this entity surface form: Standedge Railway Tunnel (1871, single-track)
Standedge tunnels → composedOf → Standedge tunnels self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Standedge Tunnels
this entity surface form: Standedge Railway Tunnel (1894, double-track)
Standedge tunnels → hasVisitorCentre → Standedge tunnels self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Standedge Tunnels
this entity surface form: Standedge Tunnel and Visitor Centre
Standedge tunnels → namedAfter → Standedge tunnels self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Standedge Tunnels
this entity surface form: Standedge
Marsden → hasLandmark → Standedge tunnels ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standedge Tunnel
Marsden → hasLandmark → Standedge tunnels ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standedge Visitor Centre
Diggle → hasStructure → Standedge tunnels ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standedge Canal Tunnel
Diggle → hasStructure → Standedge tunnels ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standedge Railway Tunnels
Huddersfield Narrow Canal → hasStructure → Standedge tunnels ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standedge Tunnel
Huddersfield Narrow Canal → notableFor → Standedge tunnels ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standedge Tunnel
Marsden railway station → near → Standedge tunnels ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standedge Tunnels
Marsden railway station → near → Standedge tunnels ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standedge railway tunnel
Marsden, West Yorkshire → hasNearbyFeature → Standedge tunnels ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standedge Tunnels
Marsden, West Yorkshire → hasNearbyFeature → Standedge tunnels ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standedge Canal Tunnel
Marsden, West Yorkshire → hasNearbyFeature → Standedge tunnels ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standedge Railway Tunnel
Diggle, Greater Manchester → near → Standedge tunnels ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standedge Tunnels
Diggle, Greater Manchester → hasTransportHistory → Standedge tunnels ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standedge rail tunnel
Diggle, Greater Manchester → hasTransportHistory → Standedge tunnels ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standedge canal tunnel
Diggle, Greater Manchester → hasNearbyPass → Standedge tunnels ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standedge