Shugborough Tunnel
Eastern tunnel portal | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Line | Trent Valley Line |
| Location | Shugborough Estate, Colwich, Staffordshire, England |
| Coordinates | 52°47′31″N 2°01′45″W / 52.7920°N 2.0292°W |
| System | National Rail |
| Operation | |
| Work begun | 1845 |
| Opened | 1846 |
| Owner | Network Rail |
| Technical | |
| Design engineer | Joseph Locke & John Livock |
| Length | 777 yards (710 m) |
| No. of tracks | double track |
| Track gauge | Standard gauge |
| Electrified | 25 kV AC OHLE |
| Operating speed | 100 miles per hour (160 km/h) |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Designated | 17 March 1953 |
| Reference no. | 1065770 |
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 (later the London and North Western Railway) and is located between Stafford station and Colwich Junction. Both portals, which were designed by John Livock, are grade II listed.
The tunnel was built to hide the line at the insistence of Thomas Anson, 1st Earl of Lichfield, the landowner of the Shugborough Estate through which it passes, after negotiations with the railway company with options for diversion were also discussed. Shugborough Tunnel is the largest engineering work on the line.