Urban Exploration - Inside Kelvingrove Railway Tunnel (Glasgow)

Some footage and photographs from my expedition into the abandoned and rarely-accessible railway tunnel beneath Kelvingrove Park in Glasgow. The footage is pretty dark in places, but it gives you an idea of the atmosphere down there - the place is MUCH darker and damper than the nearby Botanics tunnel/station (which is another favourite and may appear in a future video).

Among the sights we saw in the tunnel are eerie alien-esque limestone deposits on the walls; the ancient, burned out left-overs of an illegal rave; and what can only be described as an underground jungle...

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[davidashwood]

Great video!

Me and a friend are planning to explore some of Glasgow the glasgow tunnels. How did you get down/into the tunnel?

We've found an area at the back of costcutters which you can get to but it's a long way down.

[luscaslayer]

@davidashwood Yeah, the bit at the back of Costcutter's is the open area with the plants and the broken monitors you see in the video. We got in through the front entrance down by the Kelvin, we got lucky because one of the bars had been pried off before we got there. It's since been fixed. :(

[mrmeldrewstuntdouble]

Cool footage.

I walked all the way through the disused Woodhead Tunnel (5346 yards long) in 1994,there was an office about 1/3rd of the way in near to the 1st vent shaft,still frozen in time.

Cant get in there now as national grid are now convering it to carry high voltage power cables over the moors.

Old railway tunnels & infrastructure are very facinating but very dangerous too.

thanks for posting guys,take care out there,(from an ex BR engineering inspector). : -))

[luscaslayer]

Hey, thanks for watching and posting.

I just had a look at the Woodhead Tunnels on Wikipedia - seems like an explorers dream come true.

The tunnel in the above video is only about a mile long with not a lot of stuff to look at. More interesting is the Glasgow Botanic Gardens tunnel which was part of the same line and includes a whole station basically as it was half a century ago. I've been down many times but never, as yet, with a camera. You should check out some vids of it.

[MattAlexan]

Your filming is obviously talented and music is atmospheric. Although if you ever have a problem sourcing music, may I suggest another 'atmospheric' combo under the name of "pandacetamol" I'm sure they would be happy to help- though don't quote me!

[SittingMooseShaman]

...gateway to the nether-world of, "Ghettopia"...where one goes when all things...fail.

[TTGxR4PTOR]

Great video; I enjoy all of yours :-)

[redman8903]

Me and a buddy have been in the tunnel below the hospital near Dumbarton road, that was interesting. The ones in Kelvingrove park and the botanics look good too though any advice on how to get in. We have considered ropes but though that would be to obvious.

Is this tunnel the on you can get into right below that bridge that has Gregg's on it?

[dieselinside69]

@davidashwood for what this tunnel where used ???

[Roolooth99]

Good video, plenty of atmosphere, like they way you filmed it & put it all together.

[Roolooth99]

Great video. Whats the backing track called?

[geezasnout]

this is quality ad love to do shit like this

[SpiltSunlight]

Great video mahn.

I was down myself to the Botanic Gardens railway though chased out by a bunch of tunnel neds. can be dodgy.

good work