Corsham railway station
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Corsham railway station served the town of Corsham in Wiltshire, England, between 1841 and 1965. Feasibility studies for the reopening of the station have been under way since 2021.
Site of former station in 2007
Box Tunnel
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Box Tunnel passes through Box Hill on the Great Western Main Line between Bath and Chippenham. The 1.83-mile tunnel was the world's longest railway tunnel when it was completed in 1841.
Corsham railway station
…quarries under Box Hill, which was brought to the lineside by a tramway system of 2 ft 5+1⁄2 in (750 mm) gauge. The sidings led right up to the mouth of Box Tunnel, whose eastern portal is less than 1 mile (1.6 km) from the station. A main line siding also extended to an underground wharf in Corsham Down Quarry…
A winter view of the western portal
The west portal
An engineering drawing of the longitudinal cross-section of Box Tunnel
The sun rises in near alignment to the entrance to Box Tunnel, Bath, UK on 9 April 2017