🚇 Clayton Tunnel

United Kingdom · Europe · 50.91°N, 0.15°W

Clayton Tunnel is a railway tunnel located near the villages of Clayton and Pyecombe in West Sussex, between Hassocks and Preston Park railway stations on the Brighton Main Line. This tunnel is notable for its turreted and castellated north portal with a single-storey cottage on the top, as well as for being the site of a serious accident in 1861 which was influential in the adoption of a robust signalling system in the UK and elsewhere.

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Quick facts

Country	United Kingdom
Continent / region	Europe
Coordinates (approx.)	50.91°N, 0.15°W · view on map

Clayton Tunnel is located in United Kingdom, in Europe.

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