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Original Text (Annotation: EAW020864 / 2057223)
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The second Elstree Tunnel was opened in 1895 as part of the Midland Railway's widening of the line from two to four tracks.
Regrettably my comment below is inaccurate - the goods lines became the 'Slow Lines' in 1895, not 1906. (This correction is the result of further research into the history of the preserved St Albans South signal box.) '