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English channel tunnel map. The channel tunnel french. Le tunnel sous la manche. Also nicknamed the chunnel is a 5045 kilometre 3135 mi rail tunnel linking folkestone kent in england with coquelles pas de calais near calais in northern france beneath the english channel at the strait of doverit is the only fixed link between the island of great britain and the european mainland.
Some 10000 years ago as the last ice age melted away new bodies of water formed including the english channel and irish sea great britain and ireland were now islands and both would eventually benefit from that process. The roman legions 40000 strong crossed the dangerous english channel in 43. The english channel that finger of the atlantic ocean that separates great britain from northern france is less than 19 nautical miles wide between dover and calais what the locals call the fast channel crossingif youre traveling from continental europe to the uk think twice before you buy a plane ticketsome cross channel options by tunnel or ferry could be faster and cheaper.
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. Map of channel tunnel detailed map of channel tunnel are you looking for the map of channel tunnel.
Find any address on the map of channel tunnel or calculate your itinerary to and from channel tunnel find all the tourist attractions and michelin guide restaurants in channel tunnel. One of the fastest and cheapest ways to cross the english channel is via eurotunnel. Whether you cross through eurotunnel for a short excursion or as one leg of a european touring vacation you just drive aboard le shuttle and hey presto 35 minutes later youre in another country.
The two dominant cultures are english on the north shore of the channel french on the south. However there are also a number of minority languages that are or were found on the shores and islands of the english channel which are listed here with the channels name in the specific language following them. The signalling system in the channel tunnel known as tvm 430 data transmission from track to train is almost identical to the system used on the high speed trains.
Instructions and data are transmitted along the track and then to the locomotive driver by indicator lights in the cab. Channel tunnel rail tunnel between england and france that runs beneath the english channel. It is 31 miles 50 km long and consists of three tunnels.
Two for rail traffic and a central tunnel for services and security. Learn more about the channel tunnel including its history. Find local businesses view maps and get driving directions in google maps.
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