Severn Tunnel

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Severn Tunnel is a major railway tunnel in the United Kingdom that runs beneath the River Severn, linking South West England with South Wales.

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AI-generated illustration of Severn Tunnel

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of Severn Tunnel (Severn Tunnel is a major railway tunnel in the United Kingdom that runs beneath the River Severn, linking South West England with South Wales.)

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf railway tunnel ⓘ
builder Great Western Railway ⓘ
category Rail transport in England ⓘ
Rail transport in Wales ⓘ
Tunnels under rivers ⓘ
chiefEngineer Charles Richardson ⓘ
connects England ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
constructionEnd 1886 ⓘ
constructionMethod tunnelling from multiple shafts ⓘ
constructionStart 1873 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
crossesBorderBetween England and Wales ⓘ
designer John Hawkshaw ⓘ
linked to: Sir John Fowler
electrification 25 kV AC overhead ⓘ
electrificationCompleted 2010s ⓘ
endCounty South Gloucestershire ⓘ
endPoint Pilning ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
hasStructure Sudbrook pumping station ⓘ
hasVentilationShaft Shafts on English side ⓘ
Sudbrook shaft ⓘ
historicalOperator British Rail ⓘ
Great Western Railway ⓘ
length about 4.35 miles ⓘ
about 7.01 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn Bristol Channel area ⓘ
linked to: Bristol Channel

River Severn ⓘ
linked to: Severn

South Wales ⓘ
South West England ⓘ
linked to: southwest England
locatedNear Second Severn Crossing ⓘ
linked to: Severn Bridge

Severn Bridge ⓘ
notableFeature one of the longest mainline railway tunnels in the UK ⓘ
notableIssue water ingress requiring continuous pumping ⓘ
opened 1886 ⓘ
openedForPassengerTraffic 1886 ⓘ
operator Network Rail ⓘ
owner Network Rail ⓘ
partOf Great Western Main Line route between London and South Wales ⓘ
purpose railway transport ⓘ
railwayLine South Wales Main Line ⓘ
startCounty Monmouthshire ⓘ
startPoint Severn Tunnel Junction ⓘ
linked to: Severn Tunnel
status in use ⓘ
trackCount double track ⓘ
traffic freight trains ⓘ
passenger trains ⓘ
underlies River Severn ⓘ
linked to: Severn

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Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Severn → hasCrossing → Severn Tunnel ⓘ
Severn Tunnel → startPoint → Severn Tunnel Junction ⓘ
linked to: Severn Tunnel
Severn Estuary → crossedBy → Severn Tunnel ⓘ
Charles Richardson → knownFor → Severn Tunnel ⓘ
Charles Richardson → notableWork → Severn Tunnel ⓘ
Charles Richardson → workLocation → Severn Tunnel ⓘ
Charles Richardson → notableProject → Severn Tunnel ⓘ
Sudbrook pumping station → locatedNear → Severn Tunnel ⓘ
Sudbrook pumping station → serves → Severn Tunnel railway line ⓘ
linked to: Severn Tunnel
Sudbrook pumping station → partOf → Severn Tunnel works ⓘ
linked to: Severn Tunnel
Portskewett → hasNearbyFeature → Severn Tunnel ⓘ
Rogiet → locatedNear → Severn Tunnel ⓘ
Severn crossings → includes → Severn Tunnel ⓘ
Sudbrook → hasHeritageFeature → Severn Tunnel related infrastructure ⓘ
linked to: Severn Tunnel
Pilning railway station → near → Severn Tunnel ⓘ
Pilning railway station → locatedEastOf → Severn Tunnel ⓘ
Severn Railway Bridge → replacedBy → Severn Tunnel (as main rail route under Severn) ⓘ
linked to: Severn Tunnel