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=== Tunnels and viaducts === [[File:Give Peas a chance! (geograph 2391585).jpg|thumb|The "Give Peas a Chance" viaduct is a landmark on the M25]] There are several major civil engineering structures along the route of the Chiltern Main Line.<ref name=":0">{{cite book |title=Railway Track Diagrams Book 3 Western |last=Bridge |first=Mike |publisher=Trackmaps |year=2010 |isbn=978-0-9549866-6-7 |location=Bradford on Avon |pages=13, 18 19}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite book |title=Railway Track Diagrams Book 4 Midlands & North West |last=Bridge |first=Mike |publisher=Trackmaps |year=2013 |isbn=978-0-9549866-7-4 |location=Bradford on Avon|pages=14, 15}}</ref> The viaduct ([[Chalfont Viaduct|Chalfonts No. 1 (Misbourne) Viaduct]]) crossing the M25 between Denham Golf Club and Gerrard's Cross is especially noted as a local landmark, as for many years it has borne a [[graffiti]] slogan, "{{smallcaps|give peas a chance}}" painted in large white letters on the south-facing parapet.<ref name="bbc-peas">{{cite news |last1=Winterman |first1=Tom de Castella and Denise |title=Campaigning by graffiti |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-13524208 |access-date=20 September 2018 |work=BBC News |date=25 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920153837/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-13524208 |archive-date=20 September 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The graffiti was partially removed in 2018.<ref name="es-peas">{{cite news |last1=Clifton |first1=Katy |title=Motorists devastated as iconic 'Give Peas a Chance' graffiti is erased |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/motorists-devastated-as-iconic-give-peas-a-chance-m25-graffiti-is-erased-a3941311.html |access-date=20 September 2018 |work=Evening Standard |date=20 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920154003/https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/motorists-devastated-as-iconic-give-peas-a-chance-m25-graffiti-is-erased-a3941311.html |archive-date=20 September 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |+Tunnels and viaducts on the Chiltern Main Line !Railway Structure !Length ![[Engineer's Line Reference|ELR]] !Location |- |[[Snow Hill Tunnel (Birmingham)|Snow Hill Tunnel]] |{{convert|635|yard|m|0|lk=in}} | rowspan="6" |DCL |South of [[Birmingham Snow Hill railway station|Snow Hill station]] |- |Bordesley Viaduct |{{convert|38|chain|m|-1|lk=in}} |South of [[Birmingham Moor Street railway station|Moor Street station]] |- |Goods Yard Approach & Corporation Yard Viaducts |{{convert|18|chain|m|-1}} |[[Bordesley railway station|Bordesley station]] |- |River Avon Viaduct |{{convert|3|chain|m|-1}} |Between [[Warwick railway station|Warwick]] and [[Leamington Spa railway station|Leamington Spa stations]] |- |Leamington Viaducts / Neilson Street Viaduct |{{convert|18|chain|m|-1}} |East of Leamington Spa station |- |[[Harbury|Harbury Tunnel]] |{{convert|70|yard|m|0}} |Between Leamington Spa and [[Banbury railway station|Banbury stations]] |- |Aynho Flyover (Down line) | | rowspan="5" |NAJ3 |Between [[Kings Sutton railway station|Kings Sutton]] and [[Bicester North railway station|Bicester North stations]] |- |Souldern No. 2 Viaduct |{{convert|400|yard|m|0}} | rowspan="3" |Between [[Aynho Junction|Aynho junction]] and Bicester North station |- |Souldern No. 1 Viaduct |{{convert|580|yard|m|0}} |- |Ardley Tunnel |{{convert|1155|yard|m|0}} |- |Brill Tunnel |{{convert|191|yard|m|0}} |Between Bicester North and [[Haddenham & Thame Parkway railway station|Haddenham and Thame Parkway stations]] |- |River Thame Viaduct |{{convert|4|chain|m|-1}} | rowspan="11" |NAJ2 |North of Haddenham and Thame Parkway station |- |Saunderton Tunnel (Up line) |{{convert|83|yard|m|0}} |South of [[Princes Risborough railway station|Princes Risborough station]] |- |Hughenden Road Viaduct |{{convert|77|yard|m|0}} |North of [[High Wycombe railway station|High Wycombe station]] |- |Gordon Road Viaduct |{{convert|47|yard|m|0}} | rowspan="3" |Between High Wycombe and Beaconsfield stations |- |Sir Philip Rose's Viaduct |{{convert|66|yard|m|0}} |- |Whitehouse Tunnel |{{convert|352|yard|m|0}} |- |'Tesco' Covered Way (also known as [[Gerrards Cross Tunnel]]) |{{convert|350|yard|m|0}} |South of [[Gerrards Cross railway station|Gerrards Cross station]] |- |Chalfonts No. 2 Viaduct |{{convert|165|yard|m|0}} | rowspan="2" |Between Gerrards Cross and [[Denham Golf Club railway station|Denham Golf Club stations]] |- |[[Chalfont Viaduct|Chalfonts No. 1 (Misbourne) Viaduct]] (also M25 under) |{{convert|114|yard|m|0}} |- |River Colne Viaduct |{{convert|121|yard|m|0}} | rowspan="2" |South of [[Denham railway station|Denham station]] |- |Grand Union Canal Viaduct |{{convert|198|yard|m|0}} |- |South Harrow Tunnel |{{convert|204|yard|m|0}} |NAJ1 |West of [[Sudbury Hill Harrow railway station|Sudbury Hill Harrow station]] |- |Kilburn Viaduct |{{convert|23|chain|m|-1}} | rowspan="3" |MCJ1 | rowspan="3" |North of Marylebone station |- |Hampstead Tunnel |{{convert|694|yard|m|0}} |- |St John's Wood Tunnel |{{convert|1606|yard|m|0}} |}
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