The Channel Tunnel is a 50.45-kilometre (31.35 mi) rail tunnel linking Folkestone, Kent, in the United Kingdom, with Coquelles, Pas-de-Calais, near Calais in northern France, beneath the English Channel at the Strait of Dover. At its lowest point, it is 75 m (250 ft) deep below the sea bed and 115 m (380 ft) below sea level. At 37.9 kilometres (23.5 mi), the tunnel has the longest undersea portion of any tunnel in the world.

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Facts and history about the Channel Tunnel, or the Chunnel.

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The history of one of the biggest engineering projects ever undertaken in the UK: The Channel Tunnel.

The gist of the idea is to suspend an underwater tunnel from floating pontoons. By the time you finished reading that sentence, you probably already had a list of things in your head that seem to mak...

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The Chunnel (Channel Tunnel), the underwater tunnel linking Folkestone, Kent in the United Kingdom with Coquelles, Pas-de-Calais near Calais in northern France beneath the English Channel

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Nuel on Instagram: "The Channel Tunnel, also known as the Eurotunnel, is a remarkable railway tunnel stretching over 50 kilometers beneath the English Channel, connecting the UK town of Cheriton in Kent to the French town of Coquelles near Calais. This engineering marvel boasts the longest underwater section of any tunnel in the world and ranks as the third longest railway tunnel globally, following the Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland and the Seikan Tunnel in Japan. The Channel Tunnel's…