Channel Tunnel
@allknowing (153529)
India
October 14, 2024 9:13pm CST
Crossing the English Channel has been made easy since a few years now by creating a tunnel under the sea. And I have taken a train that ran through this tunnel.
We took the Euro Star to go to Brussels from London. I never felt that we were under the sea as I felt it was a rail journey just like any other.
I marvel at this wonder. Are there any such tunnels anywhere else?
Image credit:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Channel_Tunnel_NRM.jpg
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@Orson_Kart (8321)
• United Kingdom
15 Oct 24
I’ve been on the Eurostar, and one of the great things about it is you get allocated a seat. On many train journeys in the UK, you may have to stand or sit in the corridor for some or all of your journey. Not on the Eurostar.
What amazed me about the building of the tunnel was, they dug from both England and France and met exactly in the middle. That’s some feat!
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
15 Oct 24
Anything and everything about that feat is amazing. We were on a conducted tour of Europe and they made all the arrangements. We all got a seat.
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@Orson_Kart (8321)
• United Kingdom
15 Oct 24
@allknowing It’s great when someone else organises the trips, leaving you just to enjoy it all. 
@somewitch (1466)
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15 Oct 24
I've only been in tunnels that cross mountains, never an underwater tunnel.
Apparently, I'd need a passport to go to the UK because it's no longer in the EU. I don't know if there are underwater tunnels in the EU.
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
15 Oct 24
During the time I was travelling I always needed a passport to visit all the countries that I have covered.
I too have that experience getting in to trains that had to pass through tunnels when they would light up the tunnel.
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
15 Oct 24
@somewitch Conducted tours take away the nitty gritty
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@somewitch (1466)
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15 Oct 24
@allknowing Yeah, I remember you also needed a visa every now and then but let the travel agency take care of that. 
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
15 Oct 24
I have read the entire process on how they went about doing it.
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
15 Oct 24
@JudyEv i do not think one needs to read anything as the very creation of a tunnel under the sea says it all
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@JudyEv (382693)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Oct 24
@allknowing I'm sure it was fascinating.
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
15 Oct 24
This has been in the news lately. India is making strides too
@jefferson126 (3670)
• Shenzhen, China
15 Oct 24
That tunnel is really awesome,i am longing for a journey under the sea.I admired human being is so great to create a tunnel under the sea.
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
15 Oct 24
If is just like taking any other train journey You feel no different.
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@jefferson126 (3670)
• Shenzhen, China
15 Oct 24
@allknowing ,China is famous for high-speed train,but when i sat within high-speed train,feel no different from ordinary train,in fact,high-speed train ran twice as fast as ordinary train.
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
15 Oct 24
@jefferson126 The only difference I suppose is that you reach faster (lol)
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