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.
The inaugural rail transport took place in August 1849, with goods trains passing through the tunnel to Waterloo Goods station. Locomotives pulled railcars from Waterloo Dock along a incline in the Waterloo Tunnel to the Byrom Street cutting.