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Watford Tunnels

Buildings and structures in WatfordGrade II listed buildings in HertfordshireLondon and Birmingham RailwayRail transport in HertfordshireRailway tunnels in England
Tunnels completed in 1837
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Watford Tunnels are a pair of railway tunnels on the West Coast Main Line just north-west of Watford in Hertfordshire, Eastern England. The original was built in 1837 for the London and Birmingham Railway to the design of Robert Stephenson and is just over a mile (1.6 kilometres) long. When the line was widened in the 1870s, a second tunnel was built just to the east. Both tunnels had decorative portals and the south portal of the original tunnel is a Grade II listed building.

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Watford Fast Tunnel (Watford West Tunnel)

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