The Long, Forgotten Tunnel Under Arthur's Seat

The Long, Forgotten Tunnel Under Arthur's Seat | Abandoned Places

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We explore the Innocent Railway Tunnel - a long but little used tunnel which runs under the edge of Arthur's Seat...
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@ghostsoc 8 ай бұрын

(echo... echo... echo... echo... echo...)

@branscombeR 6 ай бұрын

I really like the voice-over style and script ... deceptively easy on the ear but actually a rare combination of subversive humour with vocal inflections that are difficult to achieve in the world of professional VO! R (Australia)

@robertkeddie 8 ай бұрын

I walked through this tunnel when I was a student in the early eighties, when it was blocked off at the North end and had no lighting. Extra spooky.

@ghostsoc 8 ай бұрын

I love an abandoned tunnel. Extra spooky, indeed!

@chrisball3778 8 ай бұрын

Really cool. I've been up Arthur's Seat a bunch of times and never knew this was there.

@ghostsoc 8 ай бұрын

It's well worth a little detour next time you're in the area!

@hamishanderson6738 6 ай бұрын

Time & effort-saving cycle path.

@Aine197 8 ай бұрын

I used to ride my bike through this tunnel when I was living in Edinburgh. It came as quite a surprise to me, though, when I first found it.

@ghostsoc 8 ай бұрын

Likewise! It really is quite tucked away

@tidalregulator 6 ай бұрын

Bite the dust! Not bite the bullet.

@jamieknight326 8 ай бұрын

Fab little video. Thanks for creating it and providing an upbeat + engaging narrative :)

@ghostsoc 8 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@neilbain8736 8 ай бұрын

The railway was built to a gauge of 4 foot 6, which I think was a peculiarly Scottish gauge at the time. Anyway, the tunnel is scary steep (1:30?). By the time you exit, you'll be going like the veritable clappers if you start from St Leonards on your bike. There wasn't a locomotive powerful enough to cope with it at the time so there was a winding engine that pulled the trains up on a rope or cable. Where The Engine Shed Cafe is I remember a sign on the wall warning of tight clearances for railway vehicles- a throw back to the narrow gauge times. There's a wonderful video on youtube of the last coal train from St. Leonards about 1968 or so. It was shot in colour 8mm cine and when uploaded to youtube, it had been backed by a fantastic techno track of some sort which made it really entertaining. It was shot from the loco on a brilliant sunny day. I think it closed as a passenger station about 1860. It remained as a goods depot for over 100 years.

@ghostsoc 7 ай бұрын

I saw that video! Spectacular - and really brought the history of the place to life. Plus the music was an excellent addition!

@tommybinson 6 ай бұрын

Another fine documentary. Thanks. Edinburgh has loads of exploring potential. You can't have a boring day walking around.

@adrianhope4796 6 ай бұрын

Edifices are man made. Arthurs seat is a natural volcanic mound.

@thomas05ish 6 ай бұрын

Interesting video and great piano music too ❤

@Rajtronics 6 ай бұрын

It's not directly under Arthur's Seat though 😂

@ghostsoc 5 ай бұрын

True! It's a little off to one side - you can see it on the map that's shown in the video. Perhaps it'd be more accurate to say that it runs under the edge of the Seat

@shantishanti1949 6 ай бұрын

I don’t buy the naming “innocent tunnel” for the reason given herein. More investigation needed. The graffiti is a shame but a great place to go hide for a wee while when the SHTF !!

@rosonoftom1655 6 ай бұрын

Pretty sure gravity brought coal wagons from Newtongrange and a cable pulled the loaded wagons up the tunnel gradient, not trains. The winding sheds are still in existence.

@exsandgrounder 6 ай бұрын

Nice! I never knew this was there. I got to experience Bath's railway tunnel turned cycle route last year, which was quite an experience- at one point, I started worrying that I'd never get to the other side, and I swear there was some music being played from hidden speakers.

@dark1810 8 ай бұрын

interesting well made video

@ghostsoc 7 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

@jamesrice6096 6 ай бұрын

This was neat except for the kind of dumb comments about tired horses and smoke and the like. Don't judge history by your standards. Judge them by theirs.

@yetanotheruser1989 6 ай бұрын

The horses would be tired from lugging coal trucks around all day.. and tonnes of coal smoke is a bad thing. I don't see how they are dumb comments