We may not think of our city as one of underground railways, you have to pass through them if you want to arrive in it by train.  When Victorian engineers first brought railways here they were faced with topographical and engineering challenges in all directions that meant they had to cut through and under the city to access it. This talk tells the story of why they had to do so, how they managed it and what became of their efforts.

Speaker

Andy Arthur

Andy Arthur is a keen local historian with a wide-ranging topical interest in the bits that the books have left out, glossed over or just gotten wrong. He has been researching and writing in this general direction since 2017, collecting and sharing these many stories along the way on the website Threadinburgh.Scot, which has a simple aim to be engaging, informative and based in good research. The site is now a home for almost 300 diverse posts about the things you didn’t know you wanted to read about but might be glad that you did.