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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.
When rolling stock does need to be taken to another British location, locomotives and carriages are transported by trucks, as was done with the refurbishment of the locomotives at Brush traction in 2010/2011. The Eurotunnel rail control centre is located within the Folkestone Terminal. All Channel Tunnel traffic is managed from here.
It is the location of the English terminal of the Channel Tunnel as well as of the major army barracks ... Construction of the Channel Tunnel began in 1988 and it ...
Channel Tunnel: France/United Kingdom (English Channel) 50.45 km (31.3 mi), 3 tubes 1994 High Speed 1 (UK) / LGV Nord (France) Yulhyeon Tunnel: South Korea 50.3 km (31.3 mi) [1] 2016 Suseo High Speed Railway: Songshan Lake Tunnel [2] China 38.813 km (24.1 mi), 2 tubes 2016 Dongguan–Huizhou Intercity Railway
Channel Tunnel: English Channel, United Kingdom/France 50,450 m (31.348 mi) 1994 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
By way of comparison, the 50-kilometer (31-mile) Channel Tunnel linking England and France, completed in 1993, cost the equivalent of £12 billion ($13.6 billion) in today’s money.
The English Channel, [a ... Bay of Biscay and varying more in precise location in the far south of ... cross beneath the Channel using the Channel Tunnel, first ...
With the topic of English Channel crossings high up the news agenda again after a flurry of arrivals, the PA news agency has looked at some of the key questions on the topic.