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The Channel Tunnel (French: Tunnel sous la Manche), sometimes referred to informally as the Chunnel, [3] [4] is a 50.46 km (31.35-mile) undersea railway tunnel, opened in 1994, that connects Folkestone (Kent, England) with Coquelles (Pas-de-Calais, France) beneath the English Channel at the Strait of Dover.
LeShuttle [1] (formerly Eurotunnel Le Shuttle and also known as The Shuttle) is a railway shuttle service between Calais in France and Folkestone in the United Kingdom. It conveys road vehicles (including cars, bicycles and motorcycles) and passengers (including some animals) by rail through the Channel Tunnel .
Name Location Length Expected completion Line Mont d'Ambin base tunnel [6]: France/Italy (Cottian Alps) 57.5 km (35.7 mi) 2029 [7]: Lyon Turin Ferroviaire: Brenner Base Tunnel
Deep level 'tube' lines constructed between 1902 and 1932: 1906–32: London: Piccadilly line (Hounslow Central to Heathrow Terminal 5) Railway: 8,760: 9,580: Deep Level tunnel beyond Hatton Cross: 1975-2008: London: Victoria line (Brixton to Walthamstow Central) Railway: 22,040: 24,103: Deep level 'tube' lines constructed between 1962 and 1972 ...
Eysturoy Tunnel, which opened in 2020, took four years to complete. It dramatically cut the travel time between the Faroe Islands capital on the island of Streymoy and neighboring Eysturoy island.
Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District Deep Tunnel Phase 1: Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States 31,221 m (19.400 mi) 1993 405 million gallons of combined sewage storage designed to prevent sewage overflow into Lake Michigan. The largest of three phases, totalling 521 million gallons of storage. [25] Metro Beijing Subway: Line 1
Eurotunnel collects €20 (£17) for each passenger on Eurostar trains. The Channel Tunnel opened to passenger trains in November 1994. In the 29 years since then, Eurostar has had the market to ...
Eurotunnel passengers were facing three-hour delays on one of the biggest travel days of the year after a train stopped in the tunnel with a fault. The disruption at the UK terminal in Folkestone ...