Question - Standage tunnels

[Wez]

:How do everyone, has anyone been thru standage tunnels between Yorkshire and Lancashire? There is 4 tunnels that cut through the Pennines (3 railway tunnels and 1 canal tunnel ) just wondered if there was a service tunnel anyone knew about or had been thru ? Cheers Wez

 

[tigger]

Have a read of these two rather useful threads:

https://www.28dayslater.co.uk/threads/new-members-dos-and-donts-read-this-before-posting.113090/

https://www.28dayslater.co.uk/threads/28-days-later-survival-guide-for-newbies.116319/

The information you seek is already online and not difficult to find

 

[Oxygen Thief]

Use the search bar at the top. And it's 'Standedge'

 

[The Lone Ranger]

And being pedantic, when the Standedge Tunnels were built they ran from Marsden in Yorkshire to Diggle (Saddleworth) also in Yorkshire. The 1972 boundary changes moved Saddleworth into Greater Manchester, not Lancashire, most local folk still have a strong attachment to the West Ridding of Yorkshire and the Saddleworth road signs proudly displays the white rose of Yorkshire

 

[westernsultan]

According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standedge_Tunnels there was no need for an access tunnel as waste material for the first 2 railway tunnels were taken out by canal. The canal tunnel having been dug out from both ends

 

[captainweird]

There’s a guy called Martin Zero on YouTube who’s covered this area, and it’s history, in quite a lot of depth.

 

[mrg9999]

Nice well written book on subject
http://www2.huddersfieldcanal.com/the-standedge-tunnels-by-trevor-ellis/

 

[Davyboy]

There’s a guy called Martin Zero on YouTube who’s covered this area, and it’s history, in quite a lot of depth.

Yes martin zero did a couple of really good videos on standage plus the ventilation shafts. Worth watching

 

[Davyboy]

Nice well written book on subject
http://www2.huddersfieldcanal.com/the-standedge-tunnels-by-trevor-ellis/

Just had it delivered, good book

 

[danensis]

If you go through on a canal boat, the CRT provide a chaperone, and they stop at each cross-passage for the accompanying vehicle (which travels through the service tunnel) to check in. If you have a friendly chaperone he will let you get off the boat and have a look in the service tunnel (which used to be one of the running tunnels).