Railway west of Armley tunnel
Introduction
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Railway west of Armley tunnel
Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 23 Sep 2015
The bend in the track here can be explained as follows. Armley tunnel, although short (just over 100m) was a twin bore tunnel, each bore with two tracks. When the line to Bradford was reduced from four tracks to two in 1968, the southern bore was closed and the two remaining tracks both use the northern bore, emerging at this point from under Tong Road. For a view in the reverse direction showing the tunnel portals, see Image
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Image Location
Latitude
53.79397
Longitude
-1.592826