2015

SP3859 : Railway line closed west of Deppers Bridge

taken 9 years ago, near to Harbury, Warwickshire, England

Railway line closed west of Deppers Bridge
Railway line closed west of Deppers Bridge
The London Marylebone to Birmingham line was closed in both directions due to a landslip in Harbury Cutting just over a kilometre further along. It occurred at about 3pm on 31 January 2015, a couple of weeks short of a year since another landslip caused the line to be closed for a few days. Photographed 1 February 2015. LinkExternal link
Harbury Cutting

Interim information, subject to revision
The deep, curving cutting, about 2·5km long, has the 73 yard Harbury Tunnel at its heart. It was built for the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway to broad gauge proportions between 1847 and 1852, reportedly by I.K.Brunel. Originally it was intended to build a longer tunnel, but unstable ground resulted in a cutting 110 feet deep being constructed instead – the deepest man-made cutting in the world at the time. The cutting itself was widened around 1884 because of soil slippage – a problem that has not been entirely solved to this day. Information taken from the Warwickshire Railways website: LinkExternal link


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SP3859, 44 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Robin Stott   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 1 February, 2015   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 1 February, 2015
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SP 3887 5972 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:14.0585N 1:25.9354W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SP 3896 5963
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Northwest (about 315 degrees)
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