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On this day in 1878, 148 years ago, Parliament granted the Midland Railway two more years to complete its line between Watnall and Bennerley junctions.

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Cycle-friendly paving has been laid in Instow Tunnel which welcomes hundreds of Devon holidaymakers every year.

No, it's not a huge refuge. In the middle of Litton Tunnel in the Peak District is a 12-feet deep mining excavation.

At 132 yards, Weedley wasn't a long tunnel but it still boasted refuges.

With infill blocking the northern portal, Lordsfield Avenue now looks more like a canal tunnel.

The vaulted roof - known as 'the cathedral' - where the two single bores of Standedge Tunnel are linked by a full-height passageway.

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Cycle-friendly paving has been laid in Instow Tunnel which welcomes hundreds of Devon holidaymakers every year.

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May 2011

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Forgotten Relics records and celebrates the UK's disused railway structures, still standing as monuments to the period of ambition, courage and endeavour during which they were built.

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