Channel Tunnel out of the depths 20 years on

Twenty years ago today they cut the ribbon inaugurating the Channel Tunnel, a dream of two centuries, President François Mitterrand and Queen Elizabeth II, on 6 May 1994. Now the rail link between the United Kingdom and France is the busiest in the world, with up to 400 trains using it per day, a real achievement trophy of civil engineering. It was an exploit nearly 38 km long, with 75 metres of sea water above it at its deepest point, and track at either end stretching the Eurotunnel out to mo... READ MOR