Channel Tunnel
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Channel Tunnel
The Channel Tunnel , or Chunnel, is a 50.450 km (31.35 mi) long
rail
tunnel
beneath the
English Channel
at the
Strait of Dover
, connecting
Folkestone
,
Kent
in the
United Kingdom
to
Coquelles
near
Calais
in northern
France
.It was a
megaproject
with several false starts, but it was finally completed in
1994
. It is the second-longest rail tunnel in the world, with the
Seikan Tunnel
in
Japan
being longer, but the undersea section of the Channel Tunnel, at 37.9 km (23.55 miles), is the longest undersea tunnel in the world. It is operated by
Eurotunnel
. The
American Society of Civil Engineers
has declared the tunnel to be one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World.
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Channel Tunnel
Noun
1. the railroad tunnel between France and England under the English Channel
(synonym) chunnel
(hypernym) railroad tunnel
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