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A cross channel tunnel was first proposed in 1802 and construction actually started in 1881 before being abandoned. Roll-on/roll-off ferry services provided links across the channel for vehicles. A road tunnel was proposed in 1979, but not considered viable. Construction of the Channel Tunnel started in 1988 and the tunnel opened in 1994.
Dalian Bay Subsea Tunnel (China) [2] Qingdao Jiaozhou Bay Tunnel (China) Xiamen XiangAn Tunnel (China) [3] Xiamen–Haicang Undersea Tunnel (China) [4] Channel Tunnel (France-United Kingdom) Seikan Tunnel (Japan)
Channel Tunnel to the United Kingdom (railway through the English Channel), at 50.5 km (31.4 mi); International Tunnel de Bielsa-Aragnouet France – Spain: total length 3.07 km, diameter 7.5 m, 100 m minimum distance between one after another vehicles, asphalt lane 6 m wide, for vehicles high max 4.3 m, max speed 60 km/h (37 mi/h)
Eurostar is an international high-speed rail service in Western Europe, connecting Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.. The service is operated by the Eurostar Group which was formed from the merger of Eurostar, which operated trains through the Channel Tunnel to the United Kingdom, and Thalys which operated in Western Europe.
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.
The Seikan Tunnel is the world's longest tunnel with an undersea segment: 53.8 km: 240 m: 1971–1988 Flekkerøy Tunnel: Flekkerøy, Norway: Connecting the island community of Flekkerøy in southern Norway to the mainland: 2.3 km: 101 m: 1986–1989 Sydney Harbour Tunnel: Sydney, Australia: 2.8 km: 1988–1992 Channel Tunnel: England – France
In January 1986 the two governments selected the Channel Tunnel Group/France Manche proposal for the construction of two undersea tunnels. At Canterbury Cathedral on 12 February 1986 the governments signed a treaty approving construction of the Channel Tunnel. In March the concession for the operation of the tunnel was given to Channel Tunnel ...
16 m 2 cross section. Main water supply tunnel for the Helsinki metropolitan area in southern Finland, drilled through solid rock. Metro Suzhou Rail Transit Line 3-11: Suzhou, China 86,542 m (53.775 mi) 2019–2023 Suzhou Rail Transit Line 11 and Line 3 are connected at Weiting station with through trains passing by. Longest metro tunnel Water ...