Combe Down Tunnel (Bath)

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The tunnel was on the Bath extension line of the Somerset & Dorset Railway, built in 1874. The extension effectively bankrupted the independent company. The extension line was later made double-track northwards from Evercreech Junction to the viaduct at Midford, but the substantial civil engineering works associated with the tunnel and the steep approach into Bath, including the shorter Devonshire tunnel, caused the northernmost section to remain single-track throughout its working life. Trains heading south from Bath were often banked (assisted in rear) by a locomotive that detached itself from the train at the entrance to Combe Down tunnel, and then returned back down the gradient to Bath.
This tunnel is proposed for a shared-use walking and cycling path, funding via a Sustrans 'Connect2' lottery grant.