Swan View Tunnel

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The Swan View Tunnel is a former railway tunnel located on the southern side of the Jane Brook valley in the outer Perth suburb of Swan View in the John Forrest National Park on the edge of the Darling Scarp. After its closure as a railway tunnel, it reopened as part of the John Forrest Heritage Trail, a rail trail.

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railway tunnelEastern Railway Deviation, Australia
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Location: -31.8821, 116.071, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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    heritage listed site in Boya, Western Australia
  • Greenmount Quarry
    quarry in Perth, Western Australia
  • Mountain Quarry
    quarry in Perth, Western Australia
  • Old Barrington Quarry
    quarry in Western Australia
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    quarry in Perth, Western Australia
  • Bayswater Subway
    bridge in Perth, Western Australia
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  • Northbridge Tunnel
    tunnel in Perth, Western Australia
  • Swan View Tunnel
    former railway tunnel in Swan View, Western Australia
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A section of vertical cast iron pipe at the southern portal to the tunnel.A section of vertical cast iron pipe at the southern portal to the tunnel.
A section of vertical cast iron pipe at the southern portal to the tunnel.A section of vertical cast iron pipe at the southern portal to the tunnel.
Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) ASG class locomotive no. 55 ascending the Swan View Tunnel diversion line in 1952Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) ASG class locomotive no. 55 ascending the Swan View Tunnel diversion line in 1952
Swan View Tunnel Deviation eastSwan View Tunnel Deviation east
Swan View Tunnel (cropped)Swan View Tunnel (cropped)
Swan View Tunnel westSwan View Tunnel west
Swan View TunnelSwan View Tunnel
Swan Tunnel (230412544)Swan Tunnel (230412544)
Eastern Railway TunnelEastern Railway Tunnel
TypeSubtypeDateDescriptionNotesSource
sitemineGovernment Quarriesquarry, heritage siteWikidata
sitemineGreenmount Quarryquarry, heritage siteWikidata
sitemineMountain Quarryquarry, heritage siteWikidata
sitemineOld Barrington QuarryquarryWikidata
sitemine1894Statham's Quarryquarry, heritage siteWikidata
sitetunnelBayswater Subwayrailway bridge, subwayWikidata
sitetunnelCanning Tunnelwater tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelNorthbridge Tunnelroad tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelSwan View Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
commonsimageNo End (121518335) Commons
commonsimageA section of vertical cast iron pipe at the southern portal to the tunnel. Commons
commonsimageA section of vertical cast iron pipe at the southern portal to the tunnel. Commons
commonsimageWestern Australian Government Railways (WAGR) ASG class locomotive no. 55 ascending the Swan View Tunnel diversion line in 1952 Commons
commonsimageSwan View Tunnel Deviation east Commons
commonsimageSwan View Tunnel (cropped) Commons
commonsimageSwan View Tunnel west Commons
commonsimageSwan View Tunnel Commons
commonsimageSwan Tunnel (230412544) Commons
commonsimageEastern Railway Tunnel Commons