CHANNEL TUNNEL

popularly called the "Chunnel," a three-tunnel railroad connection running under the English Channel, connecting Folkestone, England, and Calais, France. The tunnels are 31 mi (50 km) long. There are two rail tunnels, each 25 ft (7.6 m) in diameter, and a central tunnel, 16 ft (4.8 m) in diameter, that is used for maintenance and ventilation. The depth of the tunnels below the seabed averages about 150 ft (45 m). The project is a joint English and French venture, with a 55-year concession granted to Eurotunnel, a private company, and is the centerpiece of a high-speed rail link between London and Paris. The project began with the signing of the Channel Tunnel Treaty between France and Britain in 1986; passenger service began in 1994.

See G. Anderson and B. Roskrow, The Channel Tunnel Story (1994); T. Byrd, Making of the Channel Tunnel (1994); C. J. Kirkland, ed., Engineering the Channel Tunnel (1995).

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The Channel Tunnel: By Humphrey Slater and Correlli Barnett with the Collaboration of R. H. Gaeneau
Book by Humphrey Slater, Correlli Barnett; A. Wingate, 1958
Subjects: Tunnels--English Channel
...two-track brick-lined Channel Tunnel 38 Top: Section through...Basdevants road and rail tunnel, 1947. Bottom : Section...of twin single-track tunnels by William Low, 1867 54 British officers in the tunnel workings. 55 British army...
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The Channel Tunnel Story
Book by Graham Anderson, Ben Roskrow; E & FN Spon, 1994
Subjects: Channel Tunnel (England And France), Tunneling--English Channel, Tunnels--English Channel
...it said that it would be the Channel Tunnel not the ferry companies...asked was whether the Channel Tunnel was worth the amount of money...government to cancel the Channel Tunnel in 1975 . But times had changed...respondents thought that a Channel Tunnel had already been built. Apart...hard to see what the Channel Tunnels opponents could achieve. What...
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Beyond the Tunnel of History
Book by Jacques Darras, Daniel Snowman; University of Michigan Press, 1990
Subjects: France--Civilization--British Influences, France--Relations--Great Britain, Great Britain--Civilization--French Influences, Great Britain--Relations--France
...Now, another 140 years on, the Channel Tunnel idea is irreversible. Interestingly...more consistently in favour of the Tunnel in recent years than the British...some French people regard the Tunnel as a greater threat to French identity...
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Marketing Channel Management: An Instructor's Manual
Book by Russell W. McCalley; Praeger, 1996
Subjects: Marketing Channels, Marketing--Management
...includes every member of the channel. For a trucker carrying gas...through the Holland or Lincoln tunnel. These drivers must plan to...units made this action in the channel very expensive. The following...In order to satisfy their channel members, companies in this...
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Cross-Channel Currents: 100 Hundred Years of the Entente Cordiale
Book by Richard Mayne, Douglas Johnson, Robert Tombs; Routledge, 2004
Subjects: France--Foreign Relations--20th Century, France--Foreign Relations--Great Britain, Great Britain--Foreign Relations--20th Century, Great Britain--Foreign Relations--France
...was brought to completion. The Channel Tunnel will remain for decades to come...great celebration lunch under the channel, when 800 guests sat down at white...000 Eurostar passengers, the Channel Tunnel has quickly become an accepted...
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The Channel Tunnel, 1955-75: When the Sleeping Beauty Woke Up
Journal article by Laurent Bonnaud; The Journal of Transport History, Vol. 22, 2001
...different cross-Channel modes. A year...money markets. Tunnel promoters and bankers...comparable to the Channel tunnels estimated cost...the Mont Blanc tunnel had been 50 million...lukewarm about the tunnel, and so was the...that stage.7 The Channel tunnels escalating costs...
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Channel Tunnel Visions, 1850-1945
Journal article by Michael Bonavia; The Journal of Transport History, Vol. 19, 1998
Channel Tunnel Visions, 1850...Wilson, Channel Tunnel Visions, 1850...substantial list of Channel tunnel historical...crucial episodes in the tunnels political situation...full history of the tunnel - the railways involvement...
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Tunnel Vision: Transportation Planners Share the Dream of a Global Rail System Linking the Continents
Journal article by Gil Carmichael; Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy, Vol. 13, 1998
Subjects: Transportation--Forecasts, Tunnels--Usage
Tunnel vision: transportation...construction of railroad tunnels on a scale unsurpassed...passageway under the English Channel, is the most dramatic...burrowing a 13-mile tunnel through Oregons Blue...the worlds expanding "tunnel vision" as we approach...the dream that these tunnels represent ever be turned...
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Channel Surfing
Journal article by Jane Lazarre; Women's Studies Quarterly, Vol. 39, 2011
Subjects: Cancer, Earthquakes, Opera
...writer friend calls "the tunnel," the place behind the writing...artist walks through this tunnel-like route as if in a dream...cancer, but did not. The tunnel, or what she has always called "the channel" (same thing) so long closed...
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All Mega-projects Are Local? Citizen Participation Lessons from the Big Dig
Journal article by Domonic A. Bearfield, Melvin J. Dubnick; Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management, Vol. 21, 2009
Subjects: Boston Massachusetts, Budgeting, Decision making, Participation, Public works, Studies, Tunnels, United States
...of Bostons Central Artery/Tunnel Project (CA/T), better...fell in one of the projects tunnels killing a local resident drew...concrete ribbons of highways, tunnels and bridges and highlighted...history of the Central Artery/Tunnel Project. In the months following...projects have included the Channel Tunnel connecting France to...
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The Channel Tunnel
Magazine article by Michael Bonavia; History Today, Vol. 46, November 1996
Subjects: Channel Tunnel--History, Europe--Relations with United Kingdom, United Kingdom--Relations with Europe
The Channel Tunnel by Michael Bonavia Michael...the opening of the Channel Tunnel in Calais, a historic occasion...fixed link in the shape of a tunnel between England and France...the Alps with great railway tunnels was more arduous than digging...
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Between a Tunnel and a Hard Place
Magazine article by Christian Wolmar; New Statesman, Vol. 127, February 6, 1998
Subjects: Channel Tunnel--Civic improvement and public works, London and Continental Railways Ltd.--Finance, Railroads--Design and construction, United Kingdom--Transportation policy
Between a tunnel and a hard place by Christian...a prestige project as the Channel Tunnel Rail Link. Yet any...that was to have built the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, have attracted...time it was argued that the Channel Tunnel Act precluded subsidy...
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Forging Stronger Ties across the Med: Plans to Construct a Multibillion Dollar Tunnel beneath the Straits of Gibraltar That Will Link Morocco and Spain Are Moving Forward
Magazine article by Neil Ford; The Middle East, June 2007
Subjects: Moroccan foreign relations--Economic aspects, Moroccan foreign relations--Strategic aspects, Spanish foreign relations--Economic aspects, Spanish foreign relations--Strategic aspects, Underwater tunnels--Economic aspects
...construction of a rail tunnel under the Straits of Gibraltar...along similar lines to the Channel Tunnel between England and France...compared to the Channel Tunnels 51km. It is expected that three tubes within the tunnel will be built: one tube...
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Light at the End of the Tunnel
Magazine article by Lynne Shallcross; ASEE Prism, Vol. 15, September 2005
Subjects: Engineering, Switzerland, Tunnels
...engineering feats, including the Channel Tunnel from England to France and...Mediterranean shore. The Loetschberg Tunnel will run parallel to an even...project, the 36-mile Gotthard Tunnel, not scheduled for completion for a decade or so. Both tunnels are deep, but the Gotthard...
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Journalists Would Be Less Inflammatory If They Just Ran around the Tunnel and Shouted: "The Vikings Are Coming!"
Magazine article by Mark Thomas; New Statesman, Vol. 130, September 10, 2001
Subjects: Asylum, Right of--United Kingdom, Emigration and immigration--Political aspects, Ethnic relations--Media coverage, Refugees--Media coverage, United Kingdom--Emigration and immigration
...inflammatory if they just ran around the tunnel and shouted: "The Vikings are...seekers trying to walk through the Channel Tunnel to Britain; although they really...taxpayers money went into building the Channel Tunnel in the first place. I notice...
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Fire in Channel Tunnel Leaves Travellers Stuck
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), September 12, 2008
Subjects: Railroad tunnels, Travelers
...vehicles making their way to the Channel Tunnel. The motorways coast...Association (RHA) said the tunnels safety record was superb...in 1994. The two running tunnels - which take freight and passengers...separated by a third service tunnel. This doubles up as a safety...tunnel to have it in is the Channel Tunnel. It is set out to...
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German Train Makes First Channel Tunnel Test Trip
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, October 15, 2010
Subjects: Alstom S.A., High speed trains, Railroads, Tunnels
German Train Makes First Channel Tunnel Test Trip. CALAIS, France, Oct...German high-speed train entered the Channel tunnel between France and England...which has so far dominated cross-Channel traffic.France, which owns 55...
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Safety Check after 16-Hour Blaze in Channel Tunnel
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), September 13, 2008
Subjects: Truck drivers, Tunnels
...Check after 16-Hour Blaze in Channel Tunnel. Byline: By Alex Young Safety...night examining the Channel Tunnel to establish the extent of...the doors jammed shut. The tunnels closure caused transport chaos...company raised hopes the southern tunnel, which was not damaged in...
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EURO FARCE; 2,000 Trapped in Channel Tunnel FOUR Trains Break Down 9'-Hour Ordeals in Pitch Black Rescue by Car Carriages
Newspaper article; The People (London, England), December 20, 2009
Subjects: Automobiles, Film and video production companies, Tunnels, Video production companies, Walt Disney Co.
EURO FARCE; 2,000 Trapped in Channel Tunnel FOUR Trains Break Down 9-Hour Ordeals in Pitch Black...passengers told yesterday of their nightmare trapped in the Channel Tunnel for more than NINE HOURS in blacked-out carriages...
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Blaze on Channel Tunnel; EMERGENCY: Travellers Left Stranded
Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), September 12, 2008
Subjects: Travelers, Tunnels
Blaze on Channel Tunnel; EMERGENCY: Travellers Left Stranded...stranded last night after a fire in the Channel Tunnel led to the suspension of all...phenol. No Eurostar trains were in the Channel Tunnel when the fire broke out. But...
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encyclopedia articles on: Channel Tunnel  - 17 results

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Channel Tunnel
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CHANNEL TUNNEL popularly called...Chunnel," a three-tunnel railroad connection...Calais, France. The tunnels are 31 mi (50 km...There are two rail tunnels, each 25 ft (7...diameter, and a central tunnel, 16 ft (4.8 m...
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Tunnel
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Alps, for many years the longest railway tunnel in the world, consists of two parallel single-line tunnels (both 12.3 mi/19.8 km) with connecting tunnels at short intervals. The Channel Tunnel (Chunnel) under the English Channel is...
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English Channel
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...hovercraft links, as well as the link under the Channel via the Channel Tunnel , opened in 1994. In 1785, J. P. Blanchard and Dr. John Jeffries crossed the Channel by balloon; the first person to swim across was...
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Great Britain
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...195 sq km), in the English Channel, are dependencies of the crown...Cornwall and across the English Channel to Brittany, and the loosely knit...sovereignty in 1997. In 1986, the Channel Tunnel project was begun with France...
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Folkestone
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...cliffs overlooking the English Channel. Folkestone is one of the main passenger ports used by the English Channel ferry operators; Boulogne, France...Great Britains terminus of the Channel Tunnel . There are vestiges of Roman occupation...
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