Cowlairs railway tunnel

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railway infrastructure railway tunnel

Cowlairs railway tunnel is a historic railway tunnel in Glasgow, Scotland, forming part of the early Scottish rail network and notable for its engineering significance.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Cowlairs railway junction	1
Cowlairs railway tunnel canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	railway infrastructure ⓘ railway tunnel ⓘ
builtFor	Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
connects	Queen Street area of Glasgow NERFINISHED ⓘ northern approaches to Glasgow ⓘ
constructionMaterial	brick ⓘ masonry ⓘ
constructionStart	early 1840s ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
electrification	non‑electrified (originally) ⓘ
era	early Victorian railway era ⓘ
gauge	standard gauge ⓘ
hasAccessFrom	Cowlairs junction NERFINISHED ⓘ Queen Street tunnel approaches ⓘ
hasApproachGradient	steep gradient at Cowlairs incline ⓘ
hasApproximateLength	about 1 mile ⓘ
hasFunction	carries railway traffic ⓘ
hasHistoricalRole	facilitated early intercity rail between Glasgow and Edinburgh ⓘ
hasNotableFeature	steeply graded approaches ⓘ ventilation shafts ⓘ
hasSignificance	engineering significance ⓘ historical significance ⓘ
hasStructureType	double‑track tunnel ⓘ
heritageStatus	historic railway structure ⓘ
isEarlyExampleOf	railway tunnel engineering in Scotland ⓘ
isExampleOf	19th‑century British railway engineering ⓘ
isOnRoute	Glasgow–Edinburgh rail corridor NERFINISHED ⓘ
isPartOf	historic core of Scottish main line railways ⓘ
locatedIn	Cowlairs NERFINISHED ⓘ Glasgow ⓘ Scotland ⓘ north Glasgow ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeArea	Glasgow City council area NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear	Glasgow Queen Street railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedUnder	Cowlairs district NERFINISHED ⓘ
openingDate	1842 ⓘ
operator	Network Rail NERFINISHED ⓘ
owner	Network Rail NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ Glasgow railway network NERFINISHED ⓘ Scottish rail network ⓘ
partOfLine	Edinburgh–Glasgow main line NERFINISHED ⓘ
safetySystem	modern signalling systems retrofitted ⓘ
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.

Cowlairs Works → locatedNear → Cowlairs railway tunnel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cowlairs railway junction