Schönhuter Tunnel
| Schönhuter Tunnel | |
|---|---|
Eastern portal of the tunnel before the partial opening-out of the hillside | |
Interactive map of Schönhuter Tunnel | |
| Overview | |
| Line | Wrocław Świebodzki–Zgorzelec railway |
| Location | Wałbrzych / Boguszów-Gorce, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland |
| Status | Demolished |
| Crosses | Brzezinka (Birkenberg), Wałbrzyskie Mountains |
| Start | Wałbrzych side |
| End | Boguszów-Gorce side |
| Operation | |
| Opened | 1867 |
| Closed | 1930s |
| Owner | Prussian State Railways (historically) |
| Traffic | Railway |
| Character | Double-track railway tunnel in a single bore |
| Technical | |
| Length | 324 m (1,063 ft) (original) |
The Schönhuter Tunnel was a railway tunnel in Lower Silesia, now in south-western Poland, between present-day Wałbrzych Główny and Boguszów-Gorce Wschód. It formed part of the Wrocław Świebodzki–Zgorzelec railway, historically the Silesian Mountain Railway.
Originally about 324 m (1,063 ft) long, the tunnel passed beneath the southern slope of Brzezinka (German: Birkenberg). Because of mining-related ground movement and instability in the rock mass above the line, it was partly opened out in the early 1910s and ultimately removed in the 1930s, being replaced by a deep cutting.