Channel Tunnel
Noun 1. the railroad tunnel between France and England under the English Channel (synonym) chunnel (hypernym) railroad tunnel | ||||
Search Dictionary:
Channel Tunnel definition was found in categories: Encyclopedia(1)
Channel Tunnel Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Channel Tunnel
The Channel Tunnel , 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 France .
It was a megaproject with several false starts, but it was finally completed in 1994. It is the second-longest rail tunnel in the world, with the Seikan Tunnel in Japan being longer, but the undersea section of the Channel Tunnel, at 37.9 km (23.55 miles), is the longest undersea tunnel in the world. It is operated by Eurotunnel. The American Society of Civil Engineers has declared the tunnel to be one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World.
| See more at Wikipedia.org... |