GWR Route: North Warwickshire Line

Wood End Platform: gwrwe1365

An elevated view of the tunnel from the footpath on the embankment to the up platform showing the sharp curve of the tunnel bore. It is a puzzle as to why the GWR did not continue the cutting for the short distance as this would have been a cheaper option than a tunnel. Robert Ferris writes, 'In August 1906, the air at the north end of the heading was foul from the use of explosives, and for ventilation a hole was cut to the surface. A man started in the evening, and by the morning had worked his way through 40 feet of marl above him, and reached the air. A week later the air shaft proved most useful, for the roof of the heading fell in, and but for the air hole the men must have been imprisoned'.

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