Channel Tunnel

199450.45 kmFolkestone to Coquelles

CountryUK/France

Year Opened1994

Length50.45 km

RouteFolkestone to Coquelles

About Channel Tunnel

The longest undersea tunnel in the world with 38 km under the English Channel. Took 6 years to build. Cost 9 billion pounds. The French and British tunnel boring machines met with only 3 cm error.

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