What is The Channel Tunnel
What two countries are connected by The Channel Tunnel?
The United Kingdom and France.
What year did The Channel Tunnel start construction?
1988
What do they use to travel through the tunnel?
high-speed passenger trains
What did they use to Dig The Channel Tunnel?
Tunnel boring machines
What are the two towns that are connected with the channel tunnel?
Folkestone and Coquelles.
What is The Channel Tunnels lowest point below sea level?
115 meters
What is the speed limit for the trains travelling through in kilometers per hour?
160 km/h
What kind of mechanical problems has The Channel Tunnel faced?
Fires and cold weather.
What company owns and operates The Channel Tunnel?
How much did The channel Tunnel cost to build?
£9 billion (equivalent to £21.8 billion in 2021)
35 minutes
What year did cross-tunnel passenger traffic volumes peak?
How many kilometers long is The Channel Tunnel?
50.46 kilometers
How many people were employed at the peak of The Channel tunnels construction?
15000 people
In 2017 How many passengers travelled through The Channel Tunnel?
10.3 million
How many tunnel boring machines did they use?
eleven
What year was The Channel Tunnel opened?
1994
What was the daily expenditure at the peak of The Channel Tunnels construction?
over £3 million
On average how many trains run through The Channel Tunnel each day?
350
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