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

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]

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[robertkeddie]

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.

[chrisball]

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

[jamieknight]

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

[exsandgrounder]

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.

[neilbain]

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.

[icebergthedragon]

One of the best experiences I had in my first year as a student was discovering this by accident with my friends in the dead of night

[thomasish]

Interesting video and great piano music too ❤

[foxymoron]

i literally cannot count how many times I've been up and around arthurs seat and never even knew this existed

[Aine]

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.

[rosonoftom]

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.

[Rajtronics]

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

[adrianhope]

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

[naradaian]

Not a single indication of where one accesses it or where its exits etc….I lived in Edinburgh and never heard of it

[shantishanti]

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 !!

[jamesrice]

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.

[auntiegc]

It's in regular use by cyclists today, so it's hardly "long forgotten", is it?

[audreymcleod]

I definitely wouldnt walk through that tunnel, so unsafe, never mins spooky!