Channel Tunnel

Channel Tunnel

Paris is the capital of France. This capital city is one of the most beautiful of the world cities. The city is also famous for the wonderful delicacies. Getting around in Paris is easy. There are various efficient modes of public transport. One of the backbones of the transport system of Paris is the Channel Tunnel.

The Channel Tunnel of Paris is a rail tunnel that runs beneath the English Channel at the Straits of Dover. Channel Tunnel is operated by Eurotunnel. The Channel Tunnel of Paris is about 50.5 kilometers or 31 miles in length. Channel Tunnel of Paris is reputed as it is the second longest rail tunnel in the world. In fact, the Seikan Tunnel in Japan is the longest the longest rail tunnel. But the undersea section of Channel Tunnel of Paris runs about 39 kilometers or 24 miles. This makes it the longest undersea tunnel in the world. The Channel Tunnel of Paris was widely known by the nickname `Chunnel' before and during the construction of the project.

Channel Tunnel connects Folkestone of Kent County in England with Coquelles, which is near Calais in the northern part of France. The Channel Tunnel of Paris was a mega project. There were several false starts to the project of Channel Tunnel. The construction of the project was ultimately competed in the year 1994. This was a huge project. The testimony to the statement is the fact that over 15,000 workers were deployed to dig the tunnel over a period of seven years. During that period, tunneling operations were conducted at the same time from both ends. The construction was carried out under the Anglo-French TransManche Link (TML), who was the major contractor of the project. TML was a conglomerate of five banks of two countries and ten construction companies.

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