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The Channel Tunnel (French: Tunnel sous la Manche), sometimes referred to by the portmanteau 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.
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).
Eurotunnel was also concerned because it took 75 minutes before the fire services started to tackle the blaze and that the ventilation was on during this time, fanning the fire and increasing the damage. [10] [20] After tests in April 2010, Eurotunnel built four "fire-fighting stations" in the tunnel. When a fire is detected on a train, it ...
Built to divert water from the Orange River to the Great Fish River. Water supply Bolmen Water Tunnel: Kronoberg/Scania, Sweden 82,000 m (50.952 mi) 1987 8 m 2 cross section Metro Chengdu Metro Line 6: Chengdu, China 68,223 m (42.392 mi) 2020 Longest (independent single-line) metro/rapid transit tunnel Hydroelectric: Neelum–Jhelum Hydropower ...
In 1988, the CTSA's chairman informed Eurotunnel that a more systematic approach to risk analysis was necessary. [4] Despite the lack of completion of studies into the tunnel's vulnerability to severe earthquakes, by 1993, the authority was prepared to permit the tunnel to be declared complete.
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.
[4] [5] As of 2012 the subsidiary Europorte Link is not listed as operational by Eurotunnel. UK based rail freight company First GBRf was acquired in 2010 from FirstGroup and rebranded as GB Railfreight. The subsidiary Europorte Services was established (2010) as the operating company of the rail network of the Port of Dunkirk.
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 .