A trail of two tunnels From Dunedin to

A trail of two tunnels: From Dunedin to the Taieri • A cycle and walking trail between Dunedin and Mosgiel • Open up Dunedin’s heritage assets • Two old (disused) rail tunnels • The start of the original rail trail • A flat commuting track to open up the South www. cavershamtunnel. org. nz

What’s the goal? www. cavershamtunnel. org. nz

Where? www. cavershamtunnel. org. nz

Caversham Tunnel www. cavershamtunnel. org. nz

Chain Hills Tunnel www. cavershamtunnel. org. nz

Old Caversham Rail Tunnel • • • length 865 metres width 4 metres height 5 metres style Gothic Arch gradient 1 in 66 for 523 metres East to West, then level www. cavershamtunnel. org. nz

Old Caversham Rail Tunnel • Sep. 1871 Construction begins • Oct. 1872 Tunnel breakthrough • Dec. 1873 Line opened to Green Island by The Hon. Julius Vogel (Premier) • 1 July 1874 First passenger service Dunedin to Green Island Terminus. • 1 Sep. 1875 Link via Chain Hills to Balclutha • 22 Jan. 1879 Line to Invercargill www. cavershamtunnel. org. nz

Old Caversham Rail Tunnel • 1910 End Of The Line: Switched to longer, dual track tunnel 130 metres to the South www. cavershamtunnel. org. nz

Old Caversham Rail Tunnel • 1907 Mr D Reid • 1961 Land Disposal Act • 1978 Dunedin Cyclists Coalition • 2005 request for drainage • 2006 Annual Plan submissions East end drained, gated shut • 2008 Annual Plan submissions 2 meetings with council, action deferred until 2009/2010 • 2009 Trust formed, submissions www. cavershamtunnel. org. nz

Old Caversham Rail Tunnel www. cavershamtunnel. org. nz

Chain Hills Tunnel • Length 158 metres • 1/09/1875 Link via Chain Hills to Balclutha • 1910 Line was switch ed to a longer, dual track tunnel 500 metres to the South www. cavershamtunnel. org. nz

Chain Hills Tunnel • Gated closed when used for piping effluent from local freezing works. Gas release valve in tunnel. • Waste water pipe www. cavershamtunnel. org. nz

If we build it they will come! • • • Tunnels are scary! Tunnel with lights Around the roads and rail Partnerships and Friends Action plans www. cavershamtunnel. org. nz

Tunnels are scary! • Tunnels on Trails report • • Seen by many as dark & dangerous, illegal activities 78 tunnels: showed that crime was extremely rare With good design, valuable assets that encourage use Lighting, security cameras, and signs of active use • • Caversham: Chain Hills: Good lighting required like OCRT www. cavershamtunnel. org. nz

Tunnel with lights: Caversham • • 75% want it lit Safety for users, against lurkers Ceiling and/or floor mounted Motion activated, to show activity Souillac, France Photos © Dick Martin www. cavershamtunnel. org. nz

Around the roads and rail • Kaikorai Valley Road • Burnside area • Green Island • Abbotsford rail line www. cavershamtunnel. org. nz

Partnerships and Friends • Linking with other trails Alexandra to Roxburgh • Tourism and Taieri Gorge train Roxburgh to Lawrence Beaumont to Milton? Tunnels Trail Milton to Mosgiel? www. cavershamtunnel. org. nz

Action plans • • Trust formed Partnership with the DCC? Feasibility study 09/10? Funding - NZTA/Councils/Fundraising - National Cycling Initiative www. cavershamtunnel. org. nz

www. cavershamtunnel. org. nz Thank you àTunnel information à Trust information www. dttt. org. nz www. cavershamtunnel. org. nz