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The '''Channel Tunnel''' is a railway tunnel beneath the [[English Channel]] that links the [[United Kingdom]] with [[France]]. It is 31.35 miles (50.45 km) in length, and extends from near Folkestone, [[Kent]], UK, to Sangatte, Pas de Calais, France. The tunnel cost £9 billion to build and consists of two parallel single-track railway tunnels with a smaller-diameter service tunnel between<ref>http://www.channeltunnel.co.uk/</ref>. The tunnel is managed by Eurotunnel<ref>http://www.eurotunnel.com/ukcp3main</ref>, which operates a shuttle-service of car and goods-vehicle carrying trains between terminals at each end. In addition, high-speed railway services between [[London]] and [[Paris]] and between London and [[Brussels]] run through the tunnel; these are operated by the railway company Eurostar.

The '''Channel Tunnel''' is a railway tunnel beneath the [[English Channel]] that links the [[United Kingdom]] with [[France]]. It is 31.35 miles (50.45 km) in length( of which 23 miles is under water<ref>http://www.raileurope.com/us/rail/eurostar/channel_tunnel.htm</ref>), and extends from near Folkestone, [[Kent]], UK, to Sangatte, Pas de Calais, France. The tunnel cost £9 billion to build and consists of two parallel single-track railway tunnels with a smaller-diameter service tunnel between<ref>http://www.channeltunnel.co.uk/</ref>. The tunnel is managed by Eurotunnel<ref>http://www.eurotunnel.com/ukcp3main</ref>, which operates a shuttle-service of car and goods-vehicle carrying trains between terminals at each end. In addition, high-speed railway services between [[London]] and [[Paris]] and between London and [[Brussels]] run through the tunnel; these are operated by the railway company Eurostar.

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