Box Tunnel passes through Box Hill on the Great Western Main Line (GWML) between Bath and Chippenham. The 1.83-mile (2.95 km) tunnel was the world's longest railway tunnel when it was completed in 1841.

Box Tunnel, located between Chippenham and Bath, was the most challenging engineering work on the entire London to Bristol route. It featured an unusually steep gradient of 1 in 100 over its length, which was steep by Brunel’s standards.

Jun 12, 2017 · Ever since the completion of the Great Western Railway, in the 1840s, intrigue has swirled around the Box Tunnel, a long, steep bypass near Bath, England. Unlike many tunnel rumors, these were...

Box Tunnel passes through Box Hill on the Great Western Main Line (GWML) between Bath and Chippenham. The 1.83-mile (2.95 km) tunnel was the world's longest railway tunnel when it was completed. It opened on 30 June 1841.

Box Tunnel is a railway tunnel in Wiltshire, between Bath and Chippenham, dug through Box Hill, and is a significant structure on the Great Western Main Line (GWML). It was built between 1838-1841 for the Great Western Railway (GWR) under the direction of the railway's engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

Apr 8, 2021 · Its designer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, achieved the impossible at Box despite the harsh working conditions, tragic deaths and controversy. With it, he pushed the boundaries of engineering and created one of the world’s most iconic examples of tunnel design.

Apr 12, 2017 · Ever since the completion of the Great Western Railway, in the 1840s, intrigue has swirled around the Box Tunnel, a long, steep bypass near Bath, England. Unlike many tunnel rumors, these were...

The most difficult engineering problem that Isambard Brunel had to solve when building the London to Bristol line was the Box Tunnel. Positioned between Bath and Swindon, Box Hill consists mainly of limestone.

But you would be wrong and this article seeks to tell the intimate details of Box's tunnel, together with some amazing contemporary reports. One contemporary anecdote is by the Prime Minister, the Duke of Wellington, who complained that the railways would "encourage the lower classes to …

It was, when completed, the longest railway tunnel in the world, at almost 2.9 kilometres (1¾ miles). And, more than 160 years later, it remains in daily use as the high speed train route from Bristol to London.