Railway Tunnels in England: Channel Tunnel, Box Tunnel, Thames Tunnel, Gerrards Cross Tunnel, Bramhope Tunnel, Victoria Tunnel

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 47. Chapters: Channel Tunnel, Box Tunnel, Thames Tunnel, Gerrards Cross Tunnel, Bramhope Tunnel, Victoria Tunnel, Nottingham's Tunnels, Severn Tunnel, Mersey Railway, Wapping Tunnel, Disley Tunnel, Morley Tunnel, Dove Holes Tunnel, Merstham tunnels, Combe Down Tunnel, Milford Tunnel, Waterloo Tunnel, Clay Cross Tunnel, Southampton Civic Centre Tunnel, Balcombe tunnel, Sapperton Tunnel, Kilsby Tunnel, Old Warden Tunnel, Burdale Tunnel, Blea Moor Tunnel, Hockley Tunnels, Dudley Railway Tunnel, Haddon Tunnel, Drewton Tunnel, Bradway Tunnel, Cowburn Tunnel, Clifton Hall Tunnel, Thurgoland Tunnel, Toldish Tunnel, North Downs Tunnel, Cromer Tunnel, Black Lake Tunnel, Clayton Tunnel, Thackley Tunnel, Kelmarsh Tunnel, Broomhouse Tunnel, Aylsham Bypass Tunnel, Brownqueen Tunnel, Trelill Tunnel, Oxendon Tunnel, Toadmoor Tunnel, Cat Hill Tunnel, Chipping Sodbury Tunnel, Sugar Loaf Tunnel, Liverpool Overhead Railway Southern Extension tunnel, Patcham Tunnel, Weedley Tunnel, Knowlesands Tunnel, Ampthill Tunnel, Haywards Heath Tunnel, Alderton Tunnel. Excerpt: The Channel Tunnel (French: ), (also referred to as the Chunnel) is a 50.5-kilometre (31.4 mi) undersea 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 metres (250 ft) deep. At 37.9 kilometres (23.5 mi), the Channel Tunnel possesses the longest undersea portion of any tunnel in the world, although the Seikan Tunnel in Japan is both longer overall at 53.85 kilometres (33.46 mi), and deeper at 240 metres (790 ft) below sea level. The tunnel carries high-speed Eurostar passenger trains, Eurotunnel Shuttle roll-on/roll-off vehicle transport-the largest in the world-and international rail freight trains. The tunnel connects end-to-end...