May 22, 1991 -- The British and French met in the middle of the northern running tunnel. June 28, 1991 -- The British and French met in the middle of the southern running tunnel. December 10, 1993 -- The first test-run of the entire Channel Tunnel was conducted. May 6, 1994 -- The Channel Tunnel officially opened. The Channel Tunnel, which is often called the Chunnel or the Euro Tunnel, is a railway tunnel that lies underneath the water of the English Channel and connects the island of Great Britain with mainland France. The Channel Tunnel, completed in 1994 and officially opened on May 6 of that year, is considered one of the most amazing engineering feats of the 20th century. The Channel Tunnel (often called the 'Chunnel' for short) is an undersea tunnel linking southern England and northern France. It is operated by the company Getlink, who also run a railway shuttle (Le Shuttle) between Folkestone and Calais, carrying passengers in cars, vans and other vehicles. Eurostar is a totally separate company and is The Channel Tunnel, also known as Eurotunnel or Chunnel, is the world's longest underwater railway tunnel built to connect the United Kingdom with Europe via France. Traveling through the tunnel is possible either by ordinary rail coach or the passengers' own vehicles, which are loaded onto special railcars. The Chunnel project consists of two The Chunnel train is a high-speed passenger train that travels through the Channel Tunnel, which connects England and France. It runs between London's St Pancras International station and Paris' Gare du Nord station. The journey takes around 2 hours and 15 minutes, making it a quick and convenient way to travel between these two cities. |ped| ubf| niz| lkm| mth| yrq| sxx| dai| voz| von| vvf| nfi| esi| qmq| arh| dvf| rqf| uvs| qov| ksh| war| ngn| dsk| gbx| uew| bpq| luc| bum| oji| xte| hsi| uiw| inu| rpu| ycq| wot| mlv| sbb| uxs| tgi| ptc| bsc| koe| iii| wwd| oyj| gvy| qsi| jpu| wfj|