Wonders3 - Channel Tunnel

Title

Channel Tunnel

Latitude

51.0846

Longitude

-1.41297

Place

English Channel

Geocoding Status

The geocoder found no matches.

World_Time

Modern

Image_Url

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Link_Url

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_Tunnel

Brief

The Channel Tunnel (French: le tunnel sous la Manche), or Chunnel, is a 50.450 km (31.35 mi) long rail tunnel beneath the English Channel at the Strait of Dover, connecting Folkestone, Kent in the United Kingdom to Coquelles near Calais in northern Franc

Year_Constructed

1994

Description

It is the second-longest rail tunnel in the world, with the Seikan Tunnel in Japan being longer, but the undersea section of 37.9 km (23.55 miles) is the longest undersea tunnel in the world.

Description_2

The tunnel consists of three parallel tunnels running between the respective portals, or tunnel entrances, at either end. There are two rail tunnels, measuring 7.6 m (25 ft) in diameter and about 30 m (98 ft) apart, which carry trains north-west and south

Tooltips

<img width='55px' height='38px' src='http://wondersoftheworld.idvsolutions.com/Shared%20Documents/thumbnails/Chunnel.png'> Channel Tunnel Type: Modern Location: English Channel Built: 1994

Details

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 Channel Tunnel</td>
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 Modern</td>
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 English Channel</td>
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 It is the second-longest rail tunnel in the world, with the Seikan Tunnel in Japan being longer, but the undersea section of 37.9 km (23.55 miles) is the longest undersea tunnel in the world.</td>
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 The tunnel consists of three parallel tunnels running between the respective portals, or tunnel entrances, at either end. There are two rail tunnels, measuring 7.6 m (25 ft) in diameter and about 30 m (98 ft) apart, which carry trains north-west and south</td>
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<td><a target='_blank' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_Tunnel'>
 Wikipedia</a>
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LargeImage

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