Standedge tunnels

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transport infrastructure tunnel complex

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.

Aliases (10)

Standedge Tunnels ×47
Standedge Tunnel ×3
Standedge Canal Tunnel ×2
Standedge ×1
Standedge Railway Tunnel (1848, double-track) ×1
Standedge Railway Tunnel (1871, single-track) ×1
Standedge Railway Tunnel (1894, double-track) ×1
Standedge Railway Tunnels ×1
Standedge Tunnel and Visitor Centre ×1
Standedge Visitor Centre ×1

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 Canal Tunnel → Standedge Railway Tunnel (1848, double-track) → Standedge Railway Tunnel (1871, single-track) → 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 portal → Marsden portal →
hasVisitorCentre	Standedge Tunnel and Visitor Centre →
heritageStatus	historic engineering site →
highestPointAboveSeaLevel	about 196 metres →
locatedIn	Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees → Pennines → northern England →
locatedNear	Diggle, Greater Manchester → Marsden, West Yorkshire →
locatedOnWaterway	Huddersfield Narrow Canal →
namedAfter	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 (canal tunnel) → 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	Trans-Pennine route →
usedFor	canal transport → rail transport →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Standedge Tunnels ("Standedge Canal Tunnel") → Standedge Tunnels ("Standedge Railway Tunnel (1848, double-track)") → Standedge Tunnels ("Standedge Railway Tunnel (1871, single-track)") → Standedge Tunnels ("Standedge Railway Tunnel (1894, double-track)") →	composedOf
Diggle ("Standedge Canal Tunnel") → Diggle ("Standedge Railway Tunnels") → Huddersfield Line ("Standedge Tunnel") → Manchester to Leeds line →	hasStructure
Marsden ("Standedge Tunnel") → Marsden ("Standedge Visitor Centre") →	hasLandmark
Standedge Tunnels ("Standedge Tunnel and Visitor Centre") →	hasVisitorCentre
Huddersfield Line ("Standedge Tunnel") →	knownFor
Standedge Tunnels ("Standedge") →	namedAfter