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Balgray Tunnel [SW Portal]

Kelvinside, City of Glasgow (Lanarkshire).

Railway tunnel (19th Century), disused.

SW portal visible behind/below 1051 GWR (Great Western Road), gated.

Below the building, the tunnel is formed of vertical masonry sidewalls with transverse beams and vaulted brick arches... The tunnel, 696 yards in length, pushed the line under Balgray Hill, curving to the east throughout on a radius of about 25 chains. Some sections are wet, resulting in considerable arch staining and localised spalling of the brickwork, most noticeably around some of the refuges... The tunnel's north (or east geographically) portal is an attractive, stone-built structure with a stepped parapet and curved wing walls that seamlessly act as buttresses. [Forgotten Relics]

NS 55637 68072 (SW portal) to approx. NS 5611 6843 (NE portal)

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Notes: Given coordinates for SW portal, Great Western Rd.