Tunnels: Canal du Nord

Tunnel de Panneterie (1,100 metres)

The tunnel de Panneterie is near Libermont in Oise (60), France and was opened in 1960.

The brick lined 1.1 kilometre long tunnel is one way only and controlled by traffic lights. It is lit throughout and has a towpath running along one side. Unusually for a canal there are two summits and there is a tunnel on each one; this is the southernmost of two tunnels.

The canal du Nord is 95 kilometres long and is the only French canal to be built to intermediate dimensions between the 250-tonne Freycinet and the modern high-capacity standards. It was opened in 1966 and will be abandoned in the late 2020s as it gets taken over by the future Seine-Nord Europe Canal.

The canal runs from Arleux, near Douai on the Canal de la Sensée to the junction with the Canal latéral à l’Oise at Pont-l’Evêque.

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Tunnel de Ruyaulcourt (4,350 metres)

The tunnel de Ruyaulcourt is near Étricourt-Manancourt is in the Pas-de-Calais (62) in France and was opened in 1960.

The 4.35 kilometre long tunnel, stone lined, tunnel is controlled by traffic lights at each portal. As it is such a long tunnel it has a centre section about 1.30 kilometres long where there is two way operation. There are additional lights at each end of the two way section. It is lit throughout and has a towpath running along one side. Unusually for a canal there are two summits and there is a tunnel on each one; this is the northernmost of two tunnels.

The canal du Nord is 95 kilometres long and is the only French canal to be built to intermediate dimensions between the 250-tonne Freycinet and the modern high-capacity standards. It was opened in 1966 and will be abandoned in the late 2020s as it gets taken over by the future Seine-Nord Europe Canal.

The canal runs from Arleux, near Douai on the Canal de la Sensée to the junction with the Canal latéral à l’Oise at Pont-l’Evêque.

North portal

North portal

South portal

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South portal