Channel Tunnel
The Channel Tunnel, (French: le tunnel sous la Manche; popularly nicknamed the Chunnel in English) is a 50-km-long (~31 imperial miles) rail tunnel beneath the English Channel at the Straits of Dover, connecting Cheriton in Kent, United Kingdom, and Coquelles near Calais in northern France. A long-standing and hugely expensive project that saw several false starts, it was finally completed in 1994. It is the second-longest rail tunnel in the world, surpassed only by the Seikan Tunnel in Japan. It is operated by Eurotunnel plc.
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French - Rail - Tunnel - English Channel - Straits of Dover - Cheriton - Kent - United Kingdom - Coquelles - Calais - France - 1994 - Seikan Tunnel - Japan - Eurotunnel
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| ► | Introduction |
| ► | Historical attempts or proposals for a tunnel |
| ► | The current tunnel |
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