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  2. Channel Tunnel - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Eurotunnel Folkestone Terminal - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Folkestone White Horse - Wikipedia

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    The Folkestone White Horse. The Folkestone White Horse is a white horse hill figure, carved into Cheriton Hill, Folkestone, Kent, South East England.It overlooks the English terminal of the Channel Tunnel and was completed in June 2003.

  5. List of tunnels by country - Wikipedia

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    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)

  6. Category:Channel Tunnel - Wikipedia

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  7. World’s longest road and rail tunnel is being built ... - AOL

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    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.

  8. Elon Musk Claims He Can Build $20bn Tunnel That Takes ... - AOL

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    It took six years to complete the 23.5-mile Channel Tunnel, and if a transatlantic tunnel is constructed at the same pace, the underwater marvel would take an astonishing 782 years, according to ...

  9. The Architecture the Railways Built - Wikipedia

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    Each episode explores railway sites across the UK and Europe, including historical, abandoned, modern and future elements. All episodes in series 1 to 3 have one featured location from Continental Europe; the rest of the featured locations in each episode are from the United Kingdom.