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What two countries are connected by the Channel Tunnel?
The United Kingdom and France.
What year did the construction works of the Channel Tunnel start?
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 Tunnel´s deepest point (below the sea level)?
115 meters
What is the speed limit for the trains travelling through the Channel Tunnel (kilometers per hour)?
160 km/h
What kind of occasional mechanical problems has the Channel Tunnel faced?
Fires and cold weather, geological/geographical and financial issues
What company owns and operates the Channel Tunnel?
Getlink
How much did the channel Tunnel cost to build?
£9 billion (equivalent to £21.8 billion in 2021)
How long does it take to travel from France to the UK or vice versa via the Channel Tunnel?
35 minutes
What year did cross-tunnel passenger traffic volumes peak?
In 1998
How many kilometers long is the Channel Tunnel?
50,46 kilometers
How many people were employed at the peak of the Channel tunnel´s construction?
15 000 people
In 2023, how many passengers travelled through the Channel Tunnel?
more than 10.7 million passengers
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 Tunnel´s construction?
over £3 million
On average how many trains run through the Channel Tunnel each day?
350
How many fires have been in the Channel Tunnel?
three