Wansford Tunnel is a railway tunnel on the preserved Nene Valley Railway

Nene Valley Railway

The Nene Valley Railway is a preserved railway in Cambridgeshire, England, running between Peterborough Nene Valley and Yarwell Junction. The line is currently seven and a half miles in length...

 in Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...

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The tunnel is situated somewhat to the south of the village of Wansford, but just to the west of Wansford railway station

Wansford railway station

Wansford railway station is the headquarters of the Nene Valley Railway. The current station building was opened in 1995 and contains a ticket office, shop, cafe and toilets. The locomotive sheds are located at this station. Also at the station there is a picnic area and children's playground...

. It was on the Blisworth to Peterborough line opened in 1847 by the London and Birmingham Railway

London and Birmingham Railway

The London and Birmingham Railway was an early railway company in the United Kingdom from 1833 to 1846, when it became part of the London and North Western Railway ....

. The line originally was double track. Today, however only a single track runs through it. The tunnel is 616 yards long but has no ventilation shaft

Ventilation shaft

In subterranean civil engineering, ventilation shafts, also known as airshafts or vent shafts, are vertical passages used in mines and tunnels to move fresh air underground, and to remove stale air....

s. Just to the west of the tunnel the NVR has opened a new station, Yarwell Junction railway station

Yarwell Junction railway station

Yarwell Junction is the western terminus of the Nene Valley Railway. It opened at Easter 2007.It was formerly the junction of the Peterborough to Northampton and Peterborough to Market Harborough lines. In April 2006 a track realignment made space for a platform, and this was constructed during...

 in 2006.

The hamlet of Sibson

Sibson

Sibson is a hamlet in Leicestershire. It forms, with Upton, an ancient parish on the border with north Warwickshire, near Sheepy and Hinckley, now part of the Sheepy Parish Council....

is on top of the tunnel.