Spooky “ Haunted “ Abandoned Tunnel Under a City: Miley Tunnel Preston to Longridge Railway
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- Incredible ‘Haunted’ Under-City Railway Tunnel - if you visit the city of Preston in Lancashire you'd probably not know that there is an abandoned railway line that used to stretch all the way to the village of Longridge, and a fabulous old tunnel that stretches under the hustle and bustle of the city.
In this vlog we recount the story of the Preston to Longridge railway line and go underground into Miley Tunnel!
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Credit: Big thanks to Preston Digital Archive for the historic photos!!
Years ago it was possible to walk down there without all the rubbish and vegetation, I was young then, about 15 and now I am 60. It was always spooky.
It certainly sounds like it was much more pleasant back then Peter, although a spooky tunnel is a spooky tunnel regardless! 👍
Yes, for a group of youg lads out for mischief it certainly calmed the bravado of some of the worst of us few intrepid explorers. Back then you could get all the way to the main station at Preston, we did not go quite that far but close, quite a hike then for us youngsters.
We got on at Skeffington Road where there still are the gates over the road and the railways themselves still maintained it back then, you can follow the old route still now back towards Longridge as parts became a cycle path, you might have to get on around Blackpool road and that should get you to Gammull Lane, there still exists a station house although now it is a personal home and I think all the rails have gone, from there onwards to Longridge but it is a while since I walked it but I got as far as the trading estate at Blue Bell Way I think. Glad you both enjoyed the adventure.
Take care and be safe, Pete.
Remember as teenagers my mate breaking his foot running in the tunnel. We are now near to 60. Walked the pooled section a couple of years ago with UCLAN who had a tour.
Nice informative video. It's embarrassing to be human sometimes when we see the destruction we cause from fly tipping.
Thanks Billy 👍
It just shouldn’t happen but sadly, it does.
I didn't realise the littering had got that bad! Thats disgusting!!
Sadly so!
Hello Sue and Elliot. Thanks for taking us along with you. Such a shame with all the fly tipping. Some people have no respect!!! Take care and stay safe. ATB to you both.
Thanks Yvonne and you are most welcome!
The scale of the fly tipping is shocking. Whole appliances…there’s just no need.
At 22:32 on: This was Deepdale Station. Before passenger traffic ceased the line was double tracked from the junction at Maudland to Deepdale Junction. Deepdale Junction was a signal box which was next to Skeffington Road Bridge. The rest of the line was single track.
Thanks Patrick - that helps to explain it. So the line from Deepdale Junction all the way to Longridge was single track?
@@ExploreTheUK1 As far as I can tell it was all single track from Deepdale Junction but there were a lot of sidings for various industries along the way.
At Grimsargh there was there was trackwork which I think could have made it a passing place. Then there is of course the Whittingham Asylum branch which is also single track.
Longridge was a substantial (passenger) station where the line briefly fans out into four tracks but only one of them appears a to have a platform.
Interestingly the bridges and earthworks appear to have been built with the option for a second track from Deepdale Junction until it got near to Grimsargh. However the stations are all single platform affairs.
I looked at maps from the 1890s to the 1930s for this information.
I don’t know who is responsible for maintaining this area, but it is a disgusting disgrace.
It needs some work. Not sure whose land it is but someone needs to do something about it!!
Can't believe somebody has just dumped that spare wheel down there (about halfway through the video). I've just paid over £100 for the exact same wheel! Got to be worth somebody going down there to get that. I'm not that far away myself, I would love to go and take a look at those tunnels one day. Given what it costs to build it seems insane the number of abandoned railways, tunnels and buildings there are around the country.
Ah - if we’d known we could have collected it for you. It’s absolutely MINT too!!
Can’t disagree with you on the abandoned infrastructure 👍
@@ExploreTheUK1 Thanks; yes it looked like it was in good condition. I might go and take a look one day if I get the chance, I'm only in Blackpool. Although whether I'll be able to climb down there is another matter.
Good one You Two! I enjoyed that. To add to your feeling of naughtiness, you were directly under the 'Cop Shop' at one point. 😲😲
I will have to go back. There was no fence when I went in but, last time I glanced down, the new fence had been erected. That didn't last long. I think you figured it out about the safety zones for the railway workers who might get caught in the tunnel when trains were coming. They are known as Trackside Refuges.
I think you'll probably be able get all the way through after a period of dry weather, but I don't think that it ever completely dries out.
Also, there is a link to your canal explore video. When you are looking down in the Maudland Road area (from Leighton Street), at 24:56 you can see two rusted metal panels at either side of where the railway once was. That's a bridge and the Lancaster Canal went under there.
As you say, regarding the stuff that gets tipped down there, people are just flippin' disgusting!
Hi Ash - glad you enjoyed it. We were happy to not get mugged or stand on a needle 🤣🤣
Sue’s face when I mentioned your cop shop comment to her 😱
We captured the area where the train station and the canal met on the extra footage video we did on the Lancaster Canal. It would have been great to get through and under the bridge but sadly there is no route through.
We enjoyed doing this one!
We used to walk miley tunnel when we where young teenagers . Used to absolutely crap ourselves and wind each other up with that ghost story . Shame about all the rubbish never used to be that bad back in the day .,thanks for the video bought back some great memories from over 35years ago..
Glad we could bring back some memories and it sounds like a much nicer environment back in your day now than the rubbish strewn one now 😩
Deepdale railway station was on the Longridge Branch Line in Preston, Lancashire, England. The station opened in 1856 as a replacement for Deepdale Street railway station which until then had been the Preston passenger terminus of the line. The new station lay on an extension, built in 1850, which had connected to an earlier line near a level crossing at Skeffington Road. The extension line had also passed through the 862-yard (788 m) Miley Tunnel to another new station at Maudland Bridge.
Deepdale station was the headquarters of the Fleetwood, Preston and West Riding Junction Railway, which had bought the Preston and Longridge Railway. The new line and tunnel were originally built to connect the Longridge line to the existing Preston and Wyre Joint Railway, as part of a planned route from Fleetwood on the Fylde coast to Skipton in the West Riding of Yorkshire. However, that plan had already collapsed by 1852.
The station, along with others on the line, closed to regular passenger services on 31 May 1930.
The last passenger trains to use Deepdale station were 1970s football supporters' specials bringing away fans to Deepdale Stadium to watch a football match. This was done to keep visiting supporters away from the town centre before and after the match.
The line through the station continued to be used for goods trains until the 1990s, and the tracks, though rusty and overgrown, still exist as far as the Skeffington Road level crossing.
Location: Deepdale, Preston, Lancashire · England
Grid reference: SD545302
Status: Disused
Original company: Fleetwood, Preston and West Riding Junction Railway
Pre-grouping: Fleetwood, Preston and West Riding Junction Railway
Post-grouping: London, Midland and Scottish Railway
1 November 1856: Opened as Deepdale Bridge
2 June 1930: Closed
Last passenger usage: 1970s football specials to Deepdale Stadium,
Last Freight Usage: Used for freight up until the 1990s.
Thanks for that!!
17:48 they are called fish plates. One on each side of the rail, 4 holes used to bolt 2 pieces of rail together. On modern railways when the track is relaid, they weld the sections together and grind the joint smooth and the result is you don’t get that old sound “clickety click…… clickety clck “ you used to hear as each set of wheels ran over the joint.
See. You learn something every day!!! 👍👍
@@ExploreTheUK1 haha 😂
5:38 These are called refuges. They were used to allow track workers to stand safely away from the track when a train came through. Without them, particularly if a train was travelling at a fairly fast pace then there was the risk that the worker might get struck or the air disturbance caused them to fall into the path of the train. Usually they were positioned at regular intervals along both sides of the tunnel. Obviously, if only half of the tunnel width had track the. They wouldn’t be needed on both sides but the tunnels were usually built wether the intention was to run double track through or not.
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It’s mustn’t have been fun dodging huge iron steam trains in pitch black tunnels 😬😱😱
People back then were just made of sterner stuff!!
@@ExploreTheUK1 yeah I’ll bet… someone said “you know fear when you are standing in Box Hill tunnel when a high speed train is going past you at 125mph !!! I’ll bet the compression from the trains blast of air is something to behold I’ll bet 😂
I think it was the line that ran behind 24 Grafton road at Ribbleton near Preston. I lived there until I was about 7, 1944 when I was born. We used to think it was the line that took the "loonies" to Whittingham Mental Hospital. Used to put coins on the line for the trains to flatten. No internet censorship then.
That’s right - when we did some post explore research we found out about the Whittingham “Lunatic” Asylum!
OK guys, if you are going to keep exploring dark cavernous tunnels and old buildings you have (GOT) to get better flashlights or (torches as you say ) those head lamps just don't cut it. Get something like a MAGLIGHT that are super bright and are made of aluminum that could also be used to defend yourself if ever needed (hopefully never needed ) but hunters and the Police used them here in the states and will last you a lifetime. I love investigating the dark old Victorian structures and the craftsmanship was phenomenal. 👍👍 As I always say "Keep pushing on"💪.
I know - we have a good torch light that we use when in canal tunnels but we left it on the boat - DOH!!
That will certainly interesting. It really is shameful the way people have just thrown all that rubbish couldn’t be bothered to take it to pop a recycling centre.
Glad you found it interesting Ron 👍
The small arches in the tunnels are refuge arches, as you indicated, they were for people to take cover if a train was approaching - hope you both have a good week, Kevin
It seemed like the most likely reason for them Kevin. Thanks, you too.
16:25 That track unfortunately is pretty worn down if they did reopen it. The whole lot would be lifted, the ballast would be scraped up, probably it would be washed and reused but they would run new signalling cables and the ground would be levelled with graders before the cleaned ballast (stones) was put back down and new sleepers and rails would be laid.
See - now you have messaged that we are going to have to Google all that stuff and learn about it 🤣 seriously though we LOVE IT so thanks for pricking our curiosity to learn new things 👍👍
@@ExploreTheUK1 you are very welcome… just passing on stuff that I learnt a long time ago… as a kid in the 70s I used to ride my bike in the summer hols along an old railway track called the Wirral Way on the Wirral,peninsula. It’s now called the Wirral country park and I used to love searching for any clues or bits of old railwayarna lying about and my curiosity would be piqued and I’d have to find out what it was. Haha 😂
Brilliant video thank you so much love the old photos the rubbish is disgusting keep up the great work take care both of you x 😊
Thanks David, we’re glad you enjoyed it 👍
I love these types of videos, they inspire me so much 🤗💖
They inspire me to look after the environment, to make a better world 😁
Same however this video does make me think about the Industrial Revolution and how sad it truly is that we now cannot adore the true beauty of todays nature
Especially not without litter everywhere!
It truly takes me to thinking about how many be the old Romantic poets were correct to be in true awe of the nature that surrounds us however todays youth seem to adore destroying it rather that appreciating what it surrounding them especially with the beautiful nature jn the surrounding area
I understand what you mean Meredith, I breaks my heart that, people trash the place which use to be so loved by people the romantic poets must be so disappointed in us, we need to go back to the time where everyone respected nature, it was worship and everyone in awe, we need to change and it need to happen now or never!!🎉
Another great video, fantastic work. Worked in Preston for many years and knew nothing of this history of the town. Really enjoying the new channel, keep up the great work and hopefully the subscribers will follow.
Thanks for that! 👍
It was an interesting one to research this one, and to think there is a tunnel right under your feet as you wander around is cool.
Great stuff Elliot and Sue. We are loving your new channel - keep em coming!
Thanks for that 👍👍
The amount of rubbish dumped there is just shocking. It saddens me to think how many people just don’t give a crap about it. That can’t have been a good experience for you. On a plus, the tunnel was a great bit of engineering. Thanks for braving it for us 😂
The rubbish is a real shock for sure but we enjoyed the explore, although Sue would happily have not gone into a pitch black tunnel 🤣
Some of the original limestone sleepers from the Preston and Longridge Railway.were re-used in the construction of the spire to St Worburg’s Church in Preston adjacent to the line. You showcthe church at the end of your video. From time to time you can climb the tower.
Thanks Keith - we didn’t know that.
We did a short video of climbing the spire from the outside - you might find it interesting to watch?
Oooh new explory people. Enjoyed the video I absolutely love old infrastructure like this. New sub from Yorkshire. And aren’t people bloody disgusting dumping rubbish like that!!
Thanks Peter. We fully intend to get over to ‘gods own country’ in due course and cover some Yorkshire Corkers (see what we did there??).
Glad you enjoyed the video and hope you enjoy the forthcoming content 😎😎
@@ExploreTheUK1 haha there’s plenty to explore in good ole Yorkshire. Old pits, abandoned railways and canals are my favourite. Best of luck and I’ll look out for future videos 😉
Hi both you do worry us going in these awful rubbish filled places do be careful I no it’s grand history but be safe tc nowthe oldies 🤗🤗👍👍🌹🌷🌺
Hey you two, we hope you’re keeping well?
Don’t worry, we will be careful. Things can always happen but we always try and assess risk.
Having said that we aren’t all about urban exploration so the vast majority of places we will visit will just be nice, nice, nice 😍👍
@@ExploreTheUK1 wish we were hubby still on treatment for blood clot and my heart failure is getting worse see how it goes with doctor tomoz but thanks for asking tc now both (Ann n David ) the oldies
😬😬sorry to hear you’re both sub-par 😢
Let us know if there is something we can do!!
IIn the meanwhile we’ll just throw this out there…We know you two aren’t very mobile right now and we can take you along with us to places you can’t get to yourselves, so is there somewhere that you’d be interested to see and have covered in a video?? We’re in a beautiful part of the world so perhaps as a little project the two of you could have a bit of a think and send us on a mission?
Obviously we don’t have a private jet etc but if you know of, or can find somewhere you’d love to see we’ll see what we can do and hopefully put a smile on your faces?
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@@ExploreTheUK1 awwww thank you we gladly go along we love when you go into the countryside and see all the lovely houses that would do nice nice nice 👍
👍 keep your eyes peeled for my birthday walk (Elliott typing). It’s edited bar a few tweaks. We think you’ll like it 😍
they could use it one day for a tram line or something.
We believe a company called TramPower intent to do just that but exactly what their plans are we aren’t sure 👍
Thanks for the video. It neatly filled in the only part of the Longridge line that I haven't explored.
A few things FYI.
At 24:58, when you look back to the flooded west end of the tunnel, you can see the rusty sides of the bridge that was built over the abandoned Lancaster Canal section.
The slanted bricks on the bridge next to the former Deepdale Station are because Deepdale Road above crosses on a skew. This technique is usually used in such circumstances.
The single remaining track (There were two when built) will be because the last traffic was one (or two?) trains a day to Courtaulds at Red Scar on the NE side of Preston. They only needed one line. I moved to Preston in 1978 and lived close to the line about 1/4 mile from where you exited. I remember hearing the trains just before I had to wake up for work.
At Skevington Road, near where I first lived, there was a level crossing. It used to cause a traffic jam about 5pm IIRC when a train passed. You can still see the former gates and twin lines.
The rest of the line is mostly accessible. Not lots to see, but enough to keep interested. At Longridge, the old station has been repurposed you can see two small tunnels. One at the former quarry and a tiny one (arguably a long bridge) where the two roads to Preston cross the former line. former station building at Gamull Lane, Preston that is sadly being allowed to rot in the last few years after previously being looked after.
We might need to have another nosey at some of those areas Nick because once you know there is more to see you just want to see it!
Shocking to see such awful treatment of the land. We spotted a trash can along side the trash, wow talk about irony.
What the hell is wrong with people? Perhaps taking folks that are in prison down there along with guards (of course) to clean it out. Or perhaps every city sanitation group, for a major clean up?🚜🧹🐷🧐
I wary of people this days, they just don't get it.🥴😠
Enjoying the new channel. 📺
Hope you both are well, take care when exploring ~ Hugs, 🤗💕 Lacy, Mike & Hamish🐾🐾
Thanks you guys. Funnily enough there is a prison very close to there actually.
Either way it needs cleaning up because that level of garbage just isn’t on!!
Thanks for the kind comments!
Martin Zero a Manchester explorer did this line a while back, the open section that's now covered I think is the car park of the police station, the line was double track until the 1960's the other line was in use until the early 1980's I think? the rubbish is so wrong but I think the suitcases and bikes shoes etc are stolen stuff thrown when they have taken it and don't want it. Those bulbs I think were 3D scanning points in his video.
Ah thanks for that. We’ll check out his version of what we covered. We always do our own thing first because we don’t want to spoil the surprise for ourselves!!
Regards the twin tracks that would make sense because the images we did find showed only one track from 1975 from memory, although not many images could be found to even show the second track!
Yes, 1980s we thought the line operated from but we are guessing that wasn’t the full length and only to the Deepdale Street Station terminus, unless you know differently?
@@ExploreTheUK1 I think Deepdale through platforms from the footbridge where you joined and got out was closed in the 1950's as was the terminus the line was only in use to the east in the 1980's, I think the terminus line was a yard according to the 'side by side maps' but not in use by the end of the line. However Google Maps shows the level crossing rails still there in street view still. I'd have to watch his video again for details. Of course you do your own thing first I was just mentioning that the route was covered by somebody else. he had diesel loco pics from the late 70's early 80's as he was into railways when he was younger.
@@ExploreTheUK1 Up to 1980 it operated goods only to Red Scar Works of Courtaulds. About 2 miles further than Deepdale.
@@nickcaunt1769 Ah, thanks for that Nick!
@@Thunderer0872The railway lines are there in the road further up actually. It just didn’t make so much sense when putting this video together so we left that out. If we cover the Longridge side we’ll possibly start at the railway crossing, do Gammul Lane and then onwards perhaps?
I live stone's throw from that track, near where it splits for the new branch line. My home is even visible in the birds-eye shot.
Let me tell you, the dumping/fly tipping around here is atrocious, and not just in the tracks. It seems there must be a reputation that the council just don't care about the suburbs and the state of them
Well hopefully they’ll clean the tracks up. One of our watchers has taken it upon themselves to lock horns with the council over the fly tipping and lack of removal so hopefully it has/will get sorted…
I don't see why they couldn't clean these old paths up and make them into bike trails etc. It's always they case that if a place is disused people will dump there.
That would be great, and it would stretch such a long way it could be a real asset.
It looks like a company called TramPower is trying to do something with it but not sure how they are getting on…
The scale of the dumping though was shocking!!
@@ExploreTheUK1 They have made the line into a bike trail from West View Leisure Centre eastwards. About 1/2 mile from your exit.
Totally agree
@@nickcaunt1769 ah that’s interesting Nick, we’ll check that out because we are considering covering ‘the other half’ of the line if we think there is enough to capture on film?
If they extended the cycle path towards Preston it might stop people throwing things into the cutting??
Why? Cost. A bike trail brings no return revenue to pay back that cost. To convert it for a tram or similar is a different matter, but would still need a return on investment to justify the outlay.
Nice explore but if you do tunnels again you need to sort out some pukka illumination to produce some artificial daylight 👍
We returned with a much better light but it still wasn’t enough! We think we might need to bring the sun into this tunnel 😂but then it wouldn’t have the experience if it was all bright and well lit…
@@ExploreTheUK1 check out light painting in tunnels! 😂😂
If you go down deepdale road towards the stadium there is bridge just after home bargains. Look at the bridge parapet and you will see evidence the steps to the platform was and the ticket office.
The accident if my memory is right was thought to be suspicious and the girls boyfriend was investigated for her death. There is a great book written about the railway I cannot remember it's name but it covers the tunnel the branch to Wittingham and Longbridge.
I don't know how far along the project is but there is plans to build a tram line through the tunnel. I remember seeing an article that the company had bought the old Gamull station for its hq and was working with Eric Wright
We did hear about the bridge work but unfortunately only after we had filmed.
Poor Margaret, whatever the truth about beta happened it was a sad thing.
Funny you should mention the Gammul Lane area because we are considering popping back and seeing what we can see there. ETch this space perhaps?
Thanks for the message 👍👍
Over the years, people have been fly tipping here.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Would never have guessed!
Sadly so
Amazing journey but so badly treated. It's time the railways cleaned it up
Not sure exactly who is ‘responsible’ for this land but it’s the councils ‘people’ who are lobbing the rubbish!
We’re not sure who owns the land but either way it is undoubtedly the council’s inhabitants that are lobbing the rubbish!
... or better still, people didn't fly-tip in the first place!
Fascinating but oh dear all the rubbish! There were plans for a tram system or a cycleway but these seem to have gone by the board in these austere times...
It would be great if that changed and the plans got some traction!
Often the reason why only one set of tracks remain is that when these lines were closed to passengers, they sometimes continued for freight and often they would lift one set of tracks and scrap the rails and sleepers to save money and maintenance costs. Running freight doesn’t require timetables and often the freight trains would be few and far so easy to control them using “tokens” so that only one train can access each section of line at a time. At the end of a section there would be a passing loop where the track doubled again and points connecting them so a train going one way could wait until the train coming off the section passed by on the loop.
The off coming train would then give the token to the signalman who could then clear the signal to allow the waiting train to proceed onto the section.
Absolutely love this!!!
What would the tokens be - coins, metal tabs?
Curiosity well and truly piqued…
@@ExploreTheUK1 Lol I sound like a real trainspotter lol 😂… Yeah the tokens are most commonly shaped like a tennis racket and about the same size. Some are like a wooden staff about 300mm long.
Both types have the actual token fitted to the end which is a piece of metal that works in the same way as a key fits a lock.
So imagine there is a train that is coming off a section (the whole line is divided up into sections of track). Each section has a signal at the begining and at the end. The signalman can’t release the signal at the begining of the section (unless he, the signalman is in possession of the token for the section that the train wants to enter)and it is locked into a special part of the signal box lever system.
So at the beginning and end of the section there is a passing loop, double track. So let’s say there is a train that is still in the section ahead, the token to release the signal and set the points of the passing loop (they will currently be set to allow the approaching train to enter the loop) to allow the waiting train to enter is currently with the driver of the approaching train. As the approaching train comes up to the end of its section, the driver will lean out of his window and lass the token (tennis racket) to the signalman who will be standing in the track and he will be pointing his arm towards the drivers window. The signalsmans arm will go through the tennis racket allowing him to catch it without dropping it. The incoming train will then stop in the passing loop.
The signalman will now take that token he’s just received and lock it into the signal box, this will him to change the points to allow the waiting train to move onto the new section. The signalman will then remove the token and issue it to the driver waiting. Once the token has been removed from the box, the signalman can release the signal to clear but he can’t change the points. So now the waiting train has in possession the token for the new section and the signalman can set the signal to go.
That’s the sort of gist of it … it often does t work exactly like that and there are many different ways that the signals and pints are interlocked.
If you are interested in this then if you are ever near Kidderminster or Bridgnorth on the Severn Valley Railway, they have a great museum at Kidderminster station and they have a reconstructed signal box and you can go down into the frame room (not sure if that’s the right name for it) and see the mechanical mechanism that connects the bottom of all the levers in the box above and how they are locked and unlocked. honestly it is an amazing array of sliding bars, pulleys, levers that all work together to prevent signals and points being moved without sue care and attention.
another good channel to follow is Lawries Mechanicla Marvels and look for the videos on the Corris and Tallyllyn railways. He drives and replaces track and you can see all of the above I. Operation….anyway sorry if I have bored you hahah… every day is a school day lol 😂
@@buffplums not at all - we didn't know any of that so that's really interesting!!
Interesting to see the tunnel, Its certainly a filthy hole round that area, and no doubt most of it clod from the houses above!
You deserve a medal for going through it. Must be wick with rats at night. Seems to be a 'norm' for cities and country side these days. Take care.
Thanks Bill. We have subsequently seen pics that other people took a few years ago of the area near the tunnel and it didn’t look like this!!!
Wonder how many rats live amongst all that rubbish and filth????
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@@ExploreTheUK1 Thousands!
What a disgrace, all that rubbish just dumped. I expect the people that live in the area will soon be complaining about rats everywhere.
Grim isn’t it!!!
Used to walk through it. When i was a kid in the 80s.
It seems it was quite popular with kids back in the day 👍
The bridge you thought was not straight is called a 'Skew Arch Bridge'.
Cheers for that 👍👍
Wonde why that tunnel wasn't closed of more secure ? 1.5meter fence won't keep people out ! Trash garbage absolutly horible 😞
From the messages we have received from watchers it has been in the past but it appears that people just break down the gates. Much to our fortune as it happens 👍
Interesting. Clean the whole place up. It could be a great historic walk between Preston and longridge and good for family walks. Needs health and safety in a big way. Architect to make roof safe. Lighting etc.
That would be great wouldn’t it!!!
Absolutely fascinating, thank you, Sue C
Thanks Sue - we’re glad you enjoyed it!!
E & S
University built new student center directly above that tunnel 3/4 yrs ago. Builders were terrified they would go through so installed monitoring equipment in the tunnel to detect movement. I heard that at one point they could actually see the brick arch from above they were so close 😳
OH MY WORD Chris - they must have been bricking it!! Can you imagine if they'd gone through?!?
They must have been working so slowly - eek!
You were two brave souls to undertake that walk.
Thanks Mike!! It was a bit spooky but very satisfying afterwards!
The refuge you pointed at is for line workers to take cover from passing trains..Ask any 60 year old...??
Imagine that being part of your day to day risk youngsters!!
The outside looks like a waste dump 😢
It certainly doesn’t respect the heritage of the site does it 😢
Very interesting.. but the dumping is an absolute disgrace. The perpetrators should be ashamed.
It was a fascinating area and so glad we managed to grab the footage. The dumping though was a real shock, not nice at all 😢
Thank you for a wonderful explore 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿 Liked and subbed 👍🏿
Thank you for that 👍
Glad you enjoyed 🕺🏽💃
Why do people think it’s ok to dump shit into railway cuttings?
The simple answer is probably that they aren’t the sort of people who ‘think’ rather than ‘act’. They exist but they aren’t really adding much value are they?
Because some people are scum.
Pause @12:15 and I'll quickly highlight what I see. As we exit the main tunnel we have a section that's open to the elements, sun and rain. Plant foliage is growing along what is supposedly the 'active working line' - agreed? This is in contrast to the dormant, inactive side, yet there's no undergrowth at all! This makes absolutely no sense at all. We would expect the exact opposite to be true. This could point to the so called 'missing' track actually being THE active track, if true it raises a few issues. Why would you dismantle one but not the other? Evolutionary wise perhaps the present track is the oldest track and was probably inactive whilst the more technological advanced line, possibly electrified, was carted off when they finally stopped operating? The total lack of ventilation shafts is also notable.
Honestly mate think your looking a little bit too deep into it ;P it’s not active and hasn’t been for many many years and it gets a lot of foot traffic on the non track side, also when it rains it generally pools around the tracks, they sit a little deeper for the most part than the entire other side
Haunted escape 😅
Tunnel was the cleanest section.
I'm going to watch this again to make sure I seen a ghost behind Sue the first time watching as I thought it was added during editing.
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Kev❤
A ghost??
A ghost.
You sound surprised lol.
Think it was a smudge on my screen ...
But you'll never know!
🤣🤣 would have been cool if it wasn’t a smudge…
@ExploreTheUK1 I think Sue would never ever follow you into any spooky place ever again even with her tunnel juice umbrella 🌂...
I'd love it and if a ghost did show itself what harm can it do...
Kev
Shame about all the rubbish! Interesting walk though
Thanks 👍
Use it for a rail metro line
We think that could possibly be what a company called TramPower are thinking of doing although we don’t know how far they have got in their planning.
I wonder when the last train went through there
There is a video knocking around we believe of the last train to chunder through here. 1970s if we had to guess but that would be wrong.
Que lastima que todo ese trabajo e ingeniería termine abandonado. Creo que sería interesante recuperar ese trazado y ponerlo a funcionar o conectarlo a un ramal que seguro tienen cerca .si se recuperaran más ramales como este como funciona la conectividad hoy en día creo que la gente rápidamente le redescubriria el uso y practicidad de tener en ciudades pequeñas tren y colaboraría con el descongestionamiento del tráfico. Los saluda cordialmente un aficionado a los trenes desde España.
We can’t disagree with the sentiment of that but unfortunately so much of the old route has been built over it could just never be reinstated in its original form. Such a shame but we definitely should protect our industrial heritage that is left!!!
Thanks for the message all the way from Spain 👍👍
how do you get to the wasteland bit that has the entrance? whereabouts is it
10:19 I think from another RUclipsr channel that went down here said that those concrete rafters is a shopping centre. Could have been Martin Zero and some other guy who does a lot of stuff around Blackpool, Adventure Me?
Nodrog did it with Martin Zero 4 years ago, Darren from Adventure me is from Yorkshire.
@@StevenShaw Steve thanks for that bud.
Using old maps I could only find one ventilation hole on that section that was missing. It is under Preston Police Station (mostly under the visitor car park) off Lancaster Road North.
Like where you're going with your new channel , interesting stuff , shame the area is so full of rubbish.
Thanks for that. We’re enjoying exploring places 👍
4:05 lmfao your right to hide your things we have a bad crack problem here and I swear the ammount of homeless we have in Preston wouldn’t surprise me if there’s people living down there :p
It was a pretty spooky entrance for sure and there has clearly been quite a bit of human activity down there for sure!
Found it. Been looking for the channel. Messaged you. Don't need to reply
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Sorry about all the comments …
Not at all - we love the feedback!!
All that trash! So sad!
I know Carol 😬 horrible isn’t it?!
Great video and thanks for exploring and sharing! I've just come across a video (not mine) from 1/7/93 showing a coal train leaving Preston station bound for Deepdale which then shows it returning down the branch with the empties, through your flooded bit at Maudland! Enjoy... ruclips.net/video/uN_3e-fI6FA/видео.html
Thanks for that John - we will definitely give that a watch, thanks for sharing! 👍
his-story is written by the winners
Ai, of course it is.
who are you to say 'oh theres a bloke on his own with no reason to be here' is disgraceful preconceived prejudice, the sort of attitude that undermines all of us as one wider community.
wow
How about the person who was there and you weren’t so what the hell do you know about what that situation looked like???!!
For crying out loud the world has gone mad 🤯🤯
Elliot and Sue,
What an amazing find, thank you for this video. I bet bats never crossed your minds as you walked the tunnel. Here is a link that has some good info on train rails en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_railway_track
Your use of the drone was very helpful.
I have passed this on to a couple of others whom I know will enjoy. Keep finding those incredible secret places and your viewer numbers will grow.
Have you ever heard of the "Rock Houses" in Britain?
Mark
Alberta, Canada
Thanks Mark - we’re glad you enjoyed it, we enjoyed the research and the explore!
Thanks for the link, we’ll give it a gander.
Not, neither of us have heard about the rock houses but now you’ve mentioned it we’ll need to give it a Google at least 🤣
Thanks 😍