What is recorded here
1847-1868 Built to link Waverley with the Fife ferries, this tunnel was so steep that it required trains to be cable-hauled by a stationary steam engine
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- Operator
- National Transport Trust
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Photo: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0