In August 1849 the first goods trains ran through the tunnel to Waterloo Goods railway station. Rail wagons were pulled by locomotive from Waterloo Dock down a gradient in the Waterloo Tunnel to the Byrom Street cutting.
In August 1849, the initial rail transport occurred, with goods trains passing through the tunnel to Waterloo Goods station. Locomotives pulled railcars from Waterloo Dock along a slope in the Waterloo Tunnel to the Byrom Street cutting.