{"id":162910,"date":"2018-01-04T09:01:21","date_gmt":"2018-01-04T09:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=162910"},"modified":"2018-01-04T09:01:50","modified_gmt":"2018-01-04T09:01:50","slug":"west-yorkshire-get-longest-cycling-tunnel-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2018\/01\/04\/west-yorkshire-get-longest-cycling-tunnel-england\/","title":{"rendered":"West Yorkshire to Get the Longest Cycling Tunnel in England?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Queensbury tunnel between Halifax and Keighley in West Yorkshire has been abandoned since its closing in 1956. UK\u2019s Department for Transport wants to shut it off permanently this year, but critics of the decision seem to have an ace up their sleeve. They say it would cost roughly the same to turn Queensbury tunnel into a cycle route as it would to close it down for good.<\/strong><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The reconstruction would make the tunnel a centrepiece of a new cycling network connecting Halifax with Bradford. The area around Queensbury is one of the highest in England, sitting at 330 metres above sea level. The locals hardly do any cycling there because they are put off by the harsh climbs and intimidating roads. That could change if the Queensbury Tunnel Society succeeded in their effort, though.<\/p>\n<div data-rows=\"1\" id='gallery-1' class='gallery-rows-1 gallery galleryid-162910 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/01\/imgID120901615.jpg.gallery.webp'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/01\/imgID120901615.jpg.gallery-1024x683.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/01\/imgID120901615.jpg.gallery-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/01\/imgID120901615.jpg.gallery-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/01\/imgID120901615.jpg.gallery-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/01\/imgID120901615.jpg.gallery-272x182.webp 272w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/01\/imgID120901615.jpg.gallery.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/01\/imgID120901585.jpg.gallery.webp'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/01\/imgID120901585.jpg.gallery-1024x683.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/01\/imgID120901585.jpg.gallery-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/01\/imgID120901585.jpg.gallery-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/01\/imgID120901585.jpg.gallery-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/01\/imgID120901585.jpg.gallery-272x182.webp 272w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/01\/imgID120901585.jpg.gallery.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/01\/imgID120901572.jpg.gallery.webp'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/01\/imgID120901572.jpg.gallery-1024x683.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/01\/imgID120901572.jpg.gallery-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/01\/imgID120901572.jpg.gallery-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/01\/imgID120901572.jpg.gallery-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/01\/imgID120901572.jpg.gallery-272x182.webp 272w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/01\/imgID120901572.jpg.gallery.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n        \n<p>While a report commissioned by the Historical Railways Estate estimated the cost of turning the tunnel into a bike route at \u00a335m, the engineering specialists commissioned by the Queensbury Tunnel Society put together a plan to spend just \u00a34.3m upgrading the tunnel. Plus the environmental charity Sustrans claims in its report that the said cycle route could deliver \u00a337.6m worth of economic, health and tourism benefits over the next 30 years.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode-ys-post-pinup\"><article class=\"loop-simple post-144974 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-urban-cycling tag-8-house tag-bike-unfriendly tag-bike-autobahn tag-cycling-infrastructure tag-melkwegbridge tag-peace-bridge tag-san-sebastian-bicycle-tunnel tag-the-bicycle-snake tag-urbanism\" data-postid=\"144974\" role=\"article\" data-post-id=\"144974\" data-word-count=\"355\" data-headline-length=\"69\" data-category=\"Urban cycling\" data-author=\"Monica Buck\" data-published=\"2016-11-16T13:53:31+00:00\" data-published-day=\"Wednesday\">\n    <div class=\"entry-thumbnail article-thumbnail\" content=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/11\/stavby1-150x150.webp\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2016\/11\/16\/top-10-pieces-cycling-infrastructure-country-right\/\" class=\"image-holder\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/11\/stavby1.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/11\/stavby1.webp 900w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/11\/stavby1-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/11\/stavby1-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/11\/stavby1-272x182.webp 272w\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1200px) 300px, (min-width: 768px) 25vw, 100vw\" alt=\"top-10-pieces-cycling-infrastructure-country-right\"\/><\/a><\/div>    <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n        <a class=\"label label-secondary post-category\" href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/category\/urban-cycling\/\" title=\"Urban cycling\">Urban cycling<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"entry-details\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2016\/11\/16\/top-10-pieces-cycling-infrastructure-country-right\/\" class='entry-title-wrapper'>\n            <h3 class=\"entry-title\"><span>Top 10 Pieces of Cycling Infrastructure: Which Country Does It Right?<\/span><\/h3>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/article>\n<\/div>\n<p>A similar project in Bath has become a tourist attraction in its own right since the grand opening in 2013, so it\u2019s reasonable to believe that the same thing might happen in this case as well. The Queensbury Tunnel Society wants the Bradford council to take on ownership of the tunnel and use the \u00a33m budget which was allocated for its shutting to pay for future maintenance. There\u2019s a number of Bradford councillors who support the plan, but the council has not agreed to take on responsibility for the tunnel yet.<\/p>\n<lite-youtube videoid=u0WdcohuELc params=\"enablejsapi=1\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi_webp\/u0WdcohuELc\/maxresdefault.webp');\"><\/lite-youtube>\n<p>Should the 2.3km Queensbury line become England\u2019s longest cycling tunnel? What do you think? Let us know in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Queensbury tunnel between Halifax and Keighley in West Yorkshire has been abandoned since its closing in 1956. 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