History of the Severn Tunnel

First train through the tunnel

5 September 1885



First coal train through the tunnel

9 January 1886



First goods train through the tunnel

1 September 1886



Cover signed by John Harvey, great grandson of Thomas Walker, who constructed the tunnel



First passenger train through the tunnel

1 December 1886



Official opening of the Sudbrook History Centre

3 September 2011

Cover signed by John Harvey, great grandson of Thomas Walker, who constructed the tunnel