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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Matthew Weaver

‘Investing in destruction’: campaigners attack plans to fill Yorkshire tunnel with concrete

A goods train enters the north end of Queensbury Tunnel, heading to Halifax.
A goods train enters the north end of Queensbury tunnel, heading to Halifax. Photograph: D Ibbotson/Jan Rapacz collection

Campaigners hoping to convert a disused railway line into England’s longest cycle and pedestrian tunnel are challenging a government decision to fill much of the historic structure with concrete.

Earlier this month ministers decided to award several million pounds to permanently shutter the Queensbury tunnel built in the 1870s for a railway between Halifax and Keighley in West Yorkshire, despite spending £7.2m to shore up the structure less than four years ago.

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