Sugar Loaf Tunnel

Sugar Loaf Tunnel is a disused railway tunnel on the former Hull and Barnsley Railway^[1] between Everthorpe and Little Weighton. The tunnel is 132 yards (121 m) long and was built through magnesian limestone of Permian age, referred to locally as "chalk". The bore has been cleared of rubble but quarrying is threatening the eastern portal and chalk has now encroached to within twenty yards of the tunnel. The tunnel is in very poor condition although access remains at both ends.

Sugar Loaf Tunnel lies to the west of the much longer Drewton Tunnel and east of Weedley Tunnel.

There is also a Sugar Loaf Tunnel on the Heart of Wales/Central Wales line near Sugar Loaf railway station, this is 1,001-yard (915 m) long and remains in use.

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^ Sugar Loaf Tunnel

53°47′18″N 0°33′50″W / 53.78833°N 0.56389°W / 53.78833; -0.56389

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[1] Sugar Loaf Tunnel

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v t e Tunnels in Yorkshire
Railway tunnels open	Blea Moor³ Bowling Bradway¹ Bramhope Grosmont Morley Richmond Hill Standedge² Summit² Thackley Totley¹
Railway tunnels closed	Burdale Cat Hill Drewton Greenside Lees Moor Queensbury Sandsend Sugar Loaf Thurgoland Weedley Woodhead tunnels¹
Other tunnels	Humber Gas Tunnel⁴ Norwood (canal) Standedge (canal)² Woodsmith Mine Tunnel (minerals)
Re-opened tunnels	Thurgoland⁵ Woodhead 3 Tunnel¹ ⁶
Notes	1: Straddles the border between Yorkshire and Derbyshire 2: Straddles the border between Yorkshire and Lancashire 3: Straddles the border between Yorkshire and Cumbria 4: Straddles the border between Yorkshire and Lincolnshire 5: Former railway tunnel opened up for pedestrian/cycle/horse traffic 6: Former railway tunnel now carrying electricity cables