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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( 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. | + | The '''Channel Tunnel''' (colloquially known as the "'''Chunnel'''") 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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Revision as of 03:55, September 12, 2008
The Channel Tunnel (colloquially known as the "Chunnel") 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[1]), 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[2]. The tunnel is managed by Eurotunnel[3], 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.
History
Napoleon first suggested the building of a road tunnel between England and France in 1802, in a brief moment of peace between the two countries[4].