Watford Tunnels
| Watford Tunnels | |
|---|---|
The south portal of the new tunnel | |
Interactive map of Watford Tunnels | |
| Overview | |
| Line | West Coast Main Line |
| Location | Watford, England |
| Coordinates | 51°40′53″N 0°25′09″W / 51.681507°N 0.419055°W |
| Operation | |
| Opened | 1837 |
| Owner | Network Rail |
| Character | railway tunnel |
| Technical | |
| Design engineer | Robert Stephenson |
| Length | 1 mile 55 yards (1.7 km) |
| No. of tracks | 4 |
Watford Tunnels are a pair of railway tunnels on the West Coast Main Line just north-west of Watford in Hertfordshire, Eastern England. The original was built in 1837 for the London and Birmingham Railway to the design of Robert Stephenson and is just over a mile (1.6 kilometres) long. When the line was widened in the 1870s, a second tunnel was built just to the east. Both tunnels had decorative portals and the south portal of the original tunnel is a Grade II listed building.