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The Channel Tunnel
The Channel Tunnel is 50 kilometres long and is between Britain and France. There are two tunnels for trains and one smaller service tunnel. The tunnel was first talked about the beginning of the 19th century. This, of course, was trains and cars were invented. 1802, it was suggested that two tunnels could be built for carriages which would be pulled by horses. Fortunately, nothing happened. Then the end of the 19th century, the English Channel Company started to build a tunnel. Engineers on both sides began digging [in] 1881. Technically, it was a success. the first year, each side had dug almost two kilometres of tunnel. But digging stopped two years later because Britain and France were no longer political friends. then 1966, nothing more happened. 1966, the Prime Ministers of Britain and France decided to try again, and 20 years of talking, work began December 1987.
The French and British tunnel workers 'met' the 1st of December 1990. The engineers said the tunnel would be ready for opening five years' time. In fact, it was two years late. It opened May 1994. that time, the channel tunnel trains have carried millions of passengers. It takes about three hours to travel between London and Paris, and during that time, the train is under the Channel about 20 minutes.