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    legally the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL), is a 109.9-kilometre (68.3-mile) high-speed railway linking London with the Channel Tunnel. It is part of...
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    The Channel Tunnel (French: Tunnel sous la Manche), sometimes referred to informally as the Chunnel, is a 50.46-kilometre (31.35 mi) undersea railway tunnel...
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    The Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996 (c. 61) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that made legal provision for the construction, maintenance...
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  • longest tunnels (such as the Channel Tunnel or the Seikan Tunnel) being electrified rail tunnels. Various methods are used to construct underwater tunnels, including...
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    Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions) Act 2008 (c. 5) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which amends the Channel Tunnel...
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  • There are a number of proposed fixed connections—road or rail, bridge or tunnel—designed to connect the islands of Ireland and Great Britain, connect the...
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  • From September 2003 to July 2008 she worked with Bechtel on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, which became known as High Speed 1. From April 2009 until July...
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    border (40 km (25 mi)) at 300 km/h (186 mph). The completion of the Channel Tunnel rail link (High Speed 1) and the completion of the lines from Brussels to...
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    major tunnels of High Speed 1, forming a part of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link. In 2016, overhead line equipment (OHLE) was installed in the tunnel to allow...
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    Eurostar international high-speed rail services from the United Kingdom to France and Belgium through the Channel Tunnel. Part of the TGV family, it was...
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  • needed] In 2001, Optilan was given the contract to work on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, providing the CCTV, Data Transmission Network (DTN) and the Local...
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    private consortium to own European Passenger Services and build the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL) under a contract agreed with the government. After the full...
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    was given by the Strategic Rail Authority for domestic services to be run on the under-construction Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL) in Kent, England, which...
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    Ashford International railway station (category Commons category link is on Wikidata)
    International services were reduced following the completion of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link and the opening of Ebbsfleet International in 2007, but were partially...
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    North Station South Station The North–South Rail Link (NSRL) is a proposed rail tunnel, or pair of tunnels, that would connect North Station and South...
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  • first opened to worshippers. Channel Tunnel Rail Link (High Speed 1) (UK; completed 2007) - Halcrow, as part of the Rail Link Engineering consortium, was...
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    Japan–Korea Undersea Tunnel, or Korea–Japan Undersea Tunnel, is a proposed tunnel project to connect Japan with South Korea via an undersea tunnel crossing the...
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    construction of the tunnels were planned to integrate with the adjacent railway engineering works for the Channel Tunnel Rail Link High Speed 1 and redevelopment...
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  • Industries Act 1977 Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996 Crossrail Act 2008 High Speed Rail (London–West Midlands) Act 2017 High Speed Rail (West Midlands-Crewe)...
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    (186 mph) whilst in the tunnel. The North Downs Tunnel was constructed as one element of the first phase of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL), which was subsequently...
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    explore the construction of an underwater rail tunnel to connect their rail systems. The tunnel would have linked Cape Malabata near Tangier with Punta Paloma...
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    vehicles (HGVs) and their drivers caught fire while travelling through the Channel Tunnel. The fire lasted for sixteen hours and reached temperatures of up to...
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  • Getlink (redirect from Euro tunnel)
    based in Paris that manages and operates the infrastructure of the Channel Tunnel between France and the United Kingdom, operates the LeShuttle railway...
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  • on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link. This article includes a list of related items that share the same name (or similar names). If an internal link incorrectly...
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  • CTRL or Ctrl may refer to several things: Channel Tunnel Rail Link or High Speed 1, a high-speed railway line opened in the 2000s in Britain Control key...
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    short lines for tourists. The main rail network is connected with that of continental Europe by the Channel Tunnel and High Speed 1, opened in 1994 and...
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    The Channel Tunnel fire of 18 November 1996 occurred on a train carrying Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) and their drivers through the Channel Tunnel from...
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    later lengthened to 11 carriages. High Speed 1 (HS1) (formally the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL)) was the first new mainline railway to be built in the UK...
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    Temple Mills Depot (category Commons category link from Wikidata)
    Class 373s since opening in 1994, but was inaccessible to the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (High Speed 1), over which all Eurostar services would run from...
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    Singlewell Infrastructure Maintenance Depot (category England rail transport stubs)
    Kingdom. The depot is located between the A2 road and High Speed 1 (Channel Tunnel Rail Link). It lies halfway between Ebbsfleet International railway station...
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