Ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Channel Tunnel on Monday ... Nearly two kilometres were drilled between 1878 and 1883, when work was halted. Britain -- apparently wary of risks to its ...

WILL you allow me to correct an unfortunate slip of the pen in my article on “The Silver Streak and the Channel Tunnel” in the current number of the Contemporary Review? The rate of the ...

The Channel Tunnel, which connects southern ... Nearly two kilometers of the tunnel were drilled between 1878 and 1883, when Britain hit pause on construction. The UK — apparently concerned ...

“The Channel Tunnel – Life on the Inside” is a four-part documentary series about the people who keep the busiest railway system in the world going. The Channel Tunnel has been open for 25 year ...

To mark the 25th anniversary of the opening of the Channel Tunnel, here are 25 facts about the modern engineering marvel. 1. The Channel Tunnel is 31.4 miles long, making it the 13th longest ...

But in 1986 Britain and France announced the go-ahead for the Channel Tunnel. The £5.8 billion HS1 - formerly called the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL) runs for 68 miles from St Pancras station ...