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Dour Burn Tunnel [Outfall]

Dour Burn, Aberdour Castle, Aberdour, Fife.

Culvert, constructed 1880s.

Brick-lined vaulted tunnel built to carry the Dour Burn beneath the Aberdour Line of what is now the East Coast Main Line railway. The creation of this section in the run-up to the opening of the Forth Rail Bridge in 1890 allowed direct rail travel from Edinburgh to Fife for the first time.

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Notes: Given coordinates are for the S portal. The N portal is located at [NT 19180 85528].

Aberdour Line: "The line runs from Inverkeithing to Burntisland and was opening in connection with the Forth Bridge Railway. It was built for the North British Railway... This provided a new route from Queensferry to Thornton which has been the mainline since opening" [Railscot]. Construction of the Forth Bridge began in 1882 and it was opened in 1890.

Aberdour derives its name from the mouth of the Dour Burn.

Hydrographic Feeds: Dour Burn

Hydrographic Resurgences: Dour Burn