Swan View Tunnel
Eastern portal in January 2006 | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Location | Swan View, Western Australia |
| Coordinates | 31°52′59.3″S 116°4′10.3″E / 31.883139°S 116.069528°E |
| Status | Converted to rail trail |
| Start | 31°52′56.1″S 116°4′15.5″E / 31.882250°S 116.070972°E |
| End | 31°53′2.8″S 116°4′5.0″E / 31.884111°S 116.068056°E |
| Operation | |
| Opened | 22 February 1895 |
| Closed | 13 February 1966 |
| Owner | Department of Parks & Wildlife |
| Operator | Western Australian Government Railways |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 340 metres |
| No. of tracks | 1 |
| Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) |
The Swan View Tunnel is a former railway tunnel located on the southern side of the Jane Brook valley in the outer Perth suburb of Swan View in the John Forrest National Park on the edge of the Darling Scarp. After its closure as a railway tunnel, it reopened as part of the John Forrest Heritage Trail, a rail trail.
Prior to the construction of tunnels and the sinking of the Subiaco railway station in 1999, the Swan View Tunnel was the only tunnel on the Western Australian railway network.