Dismantled Railway, South Cave, East Yorkshire

Richard Shaw

Its common knowledge that the railway system was reduced around the late 1950s. East Yorkshire was hit bad. We still have some remains though.

Today we are looking at a small section in South Cave. It was run by the Hull and Barnsley Train line.  Here it is on an OS map.

And courtesy of Gmaps.

This part of the line was turned into a road briefly, as part of the valley was quarried for a while.

Here are some pictures – Courtesy of field reporter North.

From the floor looking west
and looking east

Stuff like this is knocking about.

Something to do with the rail line. Not sure what it is.

This is slightly further down the line…

two bridges, one slim, one quite long. Unused. Nothing goes across or underneath these anymore. (picture courtesy of North)
Between the two bridges looking east. This is known as sugar loaf tunnel. Apparently has bats in there? (picture courtesy of North)

A better picture?

Sugar Loaf Tunnel – Sunny

Further down this line there is a really long tunnel, goes really far underground. Above the ground you can see chimneys protruding from the ground. You can see these between Wauldby and Riplingham.

Someone has suggested turning this unused network of underground tunnels into a theme park! You gotta see this! Click here, check out the date of this article as well!

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6 thoughts on “Dismantled Railway, South Cave, East Yorkshire”

  1. “East yorkshire was hit bad” – don’t show the world your poor grammer, – educate don’t ignorate!

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  5. Alpha male should learn the difference between grammer and grammar, and look up Muphry’s law

  6. I’d have thought E. Yorkshire was as picturesque as The Peak, and there the old lines were largely converted into walking/cycling paths – indeed, relatively recently they actually re-opened the tunnels.

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