The Shugborough Tunnel is a 777-yard (710 m) railway tunnel on the Trent Valley line running under part of the Shugborough Estate in Colwich, Staffordshire, England. It was constructed in 1846 by the Trent Valley Railway and is located between Stafford station and Colwich Junction. Both portals, which were designed by John Livock, are grade II listed.
Eastern tunnel portal
Shugborough Tunnel's west portal from The Illustrated London News, 1847
1846 watercolour of the castellated west portal
The Trent Valley line is a railway line between Rugby and Stafford in England, forming part of the West Coast Main Line. The line is 51 miles (82 km) long and is named after the River Trent which it follows. It was built to provide a direct route from London to North West England and Scotland, avoiding the slower route via Birmingham, which is congested and 7.75 miles (12.47 km) longer.
A Virgin Trains Class 390 at Tamworth in 2012
The Trent Valley line looking north from Hademore Crossing on 15 October 2006, showing the track bed for the new lines and works for the new bridge
The same view on 7 January 2007, showing the newly opened bridge at Hademore