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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.
Connects Virginia Beach with the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Length refers to the tunnel section: 1.6 km: 1960–1964 Transbay Tube: San Francisco – Oakland, USA: Rail tunnel for Bay Area Rapid Transit. Connects Oakland to San Francisco. It is the longest underwater tunnel in North America: 5.8 km: 41 m: 1965–1969 Cross-Harbour Tunnel: Hong Kong
Second longest railway tunnel until 2016. Longest underwater section, longest international tunnel (2×45 m 2 + 1×18 m 2), running between Folkestone, Kent, and Coquelles, Pas-de-Calais. Railway Single Tube Yulhyeon Tunnel: Seoul Capital Area, South Korea 50,300 m (31.255 mi) [10] 2016 [11] 107 m 2, part of the Suseo high-speed railway. Water ...
In the Faroe Islands, wild, unpredictable weather — fierce winds and rain, and thick fog that settles like a curtain — can sometimes make travel by car or ferry problematic.
The Eurotunnel Folkestone Terminal is a railway terminal built for the transport of road-going vehicles on specially constructed trains through the Channel Tunnel. The station is located in Cheriton, a northern suburb of the town of Folkestone in the county of Kent. It is the terminal for the United Kingdom.
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Getlink, formerly Groupe Eurotunnel, is a European public company based in Paris that manages and operates the infrastructure of the Channel Tunnel between France and the United Kingdom, operates the LeShuttle railway service, and earns revenue on other trains that operate through the tunnel (Eurostar passenger and DB Schenker freight).
Automobiles and lorries/transport trucks are loaded onto the Eurotunnel Shuttle's enclosed railway cars (similar to auto rack/motorail railway cars) for the trip through the tunnel. A service road tunnel runs the entire length of the crossing, but is closed to general use and used only during emergencies and for maintenance.