The Channel Tunnel, sometimes referred to as the Chunnel, is a 50.46-kilometre railway tunnel beneath the English Channel which connects Folkestone in the United Kingdom with Coquelles in northern Fra
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One of the southern tunnel boring machines
Class 319 EMUs ran excursions into the tunnel from Sandling railway station on 7 May 1994, the first passenger trains to go through the Channel Tunnel.
The Channel Tunnel exhibit at the National Railway Museum in York, England, showing the circular cross section of the tunnel with the overhead line powering a Eurostar train. Also visible is the segmented tunnel lining.
The border between the countries of France and the United Kingdom in Europe is a maritime border that stretches along the Channel, the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. The Channel Tunnel links the tw