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crippletron 3000
26-08-2010, 03:15 AM
Oldham Werneth and Central Railway Tunnels - Visited By Ojay & Hidden Shadow.

(Shouts to Bungle & Mendo for hitting this up In Jan this year, having missed out I finally managed to haul my arse down there before final work commences).

Originally opened in the 1860's for the Lancashire & Yorkshire railway, the 2 railway tunnels, Werneth & Central tunnel are situated between Werneth & Oldham Mumps station.

The loop line closed on the 3rd october 2009 for work to be carried out on the new Metrolink service.

The Werneth tunnel measures 471yards and the Central Tunnel measures 449yards.


On with the photos.....


Signage, with more of an explanation

http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/ojay1234/Oldham%20Rail%20Tunnels/Sign.jpg

We started at the now closed and derelict Werneth Station

http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/ojay1234/Oldham%20Rail%20Tunnels/Werneth_entrance.jpg

http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/ojay1234/Oldham%20Rail%20Tunnels/werneth_station.jpg

In your train stations

http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/ojay1234/Oldham%20Rail%20Tunnels/werneth_me.jpg

Werneth Southern Portal

http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/ojay1234/Oldham%20Rail%20Tunnels/werneth_Southern_portal.jpg

Werneth tunnel - Internal

http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/ojay1234/Oldham%20Rail%20Tunnels/werneth_int.jpg

Here the tunnel opened briefly to a cutting, where you can see the Southern Portal for the Central tunnel

http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/ojay1234/Oldham%20Rail%20Tunnels/Central_south_portal.jpg

And here, looking back at the Werneth North Portal

http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/ojay1234/Oldham%20Rail%20Tunnels/werneth_North_portal.jpg

http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/ojay1234/Oldham%20Rail%20Tunnels/werneth_NorthPortal2.jpg

Looking back out of the cutting between the 2 portals

http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/ojay1234/Oldham%20Rail%20Tunnels/Central_south_portal_out.jpg

Inside the Central Tunnel

Note, the area above that has been recently repaired and re-inforced. Given the age, there was no other real signs of repair work, awesome!

http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/ojay1234/Oldham%20Rail%20Tunnels/Central_int.jpg

http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/ojay1234/Oldham%20Rail%20Tunnels/Central_int2.jpg

Props

http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/ojay1234/Oldham%20Rail%20Tunnels/Props.jpg

Tickets please

http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/ojay1234/Oldham%20Rail%20Tunnels/Ticket.jpg

End of the line; Before you reach Mumps station. We didn't go any further here due to workers on-site

http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/ojay1234/Oldham%20Rail%20Tunnels/End.jpg

Thanks for looking :thumb

KingElvis
26-08-2010, 07:48 AM
That's cool. I've often wondered about this when passing.

boxfrenzy
26-08-2010, 10:55 AM
Nice one mate. Those props look quite cool!