Passenger and freight trains zip through this tunnel at remarkable ... alternatives like the Seikan Tunnel in Japan's Tsugaru Strait and the Channel Tunnel connecting the UK and France offer ...

The Channel Tunnel, which opened in 1994, carries passengers on Eurostar trains as well as cars and freight vehicles on special cargo shuttles. It almost went bankrupt during the Covid-19 pandemic ...

(Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP) PARIS (AFP) — A strike by workers operating the Channel tunnel blocked train travel Thursday between Britain and France, leaving thousands of pre-Christmas travelers as well ...

In 2017, the Channel Tunnel carried 1.6 million lorries, equivalent to 21.3 million tonnes of rail freight. The traffic carried on freight trains compared with 2.6 million lorries that travelled ...

Shortly after, I became a train driver, driving our freight and passenger shuttles ... Credit: GetLink NB: GetLink has outlined its plans to encourage more links through the Channel Tunnel and is ...

High speed rail operator Eurostar, facing the prospect of competition from across Europe through the Channel Tunnel, has ...

Take the Channel Tunnel, replace the briny seawater with ... The crash happened early on August 10th when a 32-wagon freight train travelling at 100km/h in the western tunnel jumped the rails ...

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WATCH: Footage has emerged showing passengers being evacuated through an emergency service tunnel Dozens of people were left stranded for hours inside the Channel ... But the freight train used ...

WHEN it was first proposed to construct a tunnel connecting England and France, the military aspect was given most attention. In spite of the fact that provision was made in the plans for flooding ...