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Channel Tunnel
November 6th, 2009 by Travel
The Channel Tunnel is a long rail tunnel that lies beneath the English Channel from England to France and was finished in 1994. It is the second in regards to large tunnels with the Japanese Seikan being the longest tunnel. However the underwater section of the English Channel makes it the longest rail tunnel in the world located underwater.
Taking just seven years to build after a few false starts it began functioning in 1994, having met in the middle in 1990. Both the British and French worked on the project until its completion, meeting half way, making a tunnel which is 31 miles long and 23 miles of that is under the ocean, with 8.2 million passengers riding it in 1995. In 2005 it was down from that number to 7.45; however it is expected to more than double this year with new rail connections having been added. Proposed plans for a second tunnel have been made, however no date for construction is planned and the economics have only been touched on.
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