Chunnel Tunnel
@allknowing (153529)
India
June 18, 2023 4:50am CST
Chunnel Tunnel is an under water railway tunnel that connects England and France.
Reading about it is so fascinating but for travelers it is just another train journey. I went by Euro Star from London to Brussels and the train took this route I have also travelled by Amtrak from San Jose to Santa Barbara but never felt any difference.
What is fascinating is that the track is under water in the English Channel and this has cut travel time between London and Paris by two and a half hours.
Marvel of technology never ends.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eurostar_St_Pancras_1.JPG
This Link has more
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_Tunnel
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@lazydaizee (6732)
• United Kingdom
18 Jun 23
When I went on the Channel Tunnel I kept thinking about all the water above the train, especially when we would have been about halfway across the channel where I was thinking that the water would have been at it`s deepest.. However the train journey was very comfortable and it is easy to forget about all the water above if you think about something else , or fall asleep perhaps.
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
18 Jun 23
That is what I said in my post. You just do not feel there is water above. It is just like any other train travel
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
18 Jun 23
@lazydaizee It is just like any other train travel. The water above is protected by that huge dome you see in the photo.
@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
18 Jun 23
I have been to England and France. I would like to take this train journey. Hope that I get luck to visit the countries again.
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
18 Jun 23
That train journey is just like any other although it is under the sea.
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
20 Jun 23
@arunima25 It is just a feeling that you are under there but it is like any other train travel
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@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
20 Jun 23
@allknowing I would like to experience it some time.
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
18 Jun 23
But it is as normal as any other train journey
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
18 Jun 23
I have been on it Absolutely normal as any other train journey.
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
18 Jun 23
There is nothing scary at all It is just like any other train journey
@lazydaizee (6732)
• United Kingdom
18 Jun 23
I have been on the Channel Tunnel several years ago when it first opened. We travelled all the way from London to Paris. On the way to Paris there had been some problem with the train and somebody else got our seats, but the guard let us sit on makeshift seats in the section between carriages so we got there on the right day and time. On the way back, somebody accused me of pinching her seat, but she had got the wrong carriage.
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
18 Jun 23
That was some kind of adventure - a memory created.
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