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.

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All labels observed (15)

Label	Occurrences
Standedge Tunnel	5
Standedge Canal Tunnel	3
Standedge Tunnels	3
Standedge	2
Standedge Railway Tunnel	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
Standedge canal tunnel	1
Standedge rail tunnel	1
Standedge railway tunnel	1
Standedge tunnels canonical	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 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 ⓘ

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 ⓘ