Eurostar rivals are given the ‘green signal’ for cross-Channel trains: What could it mean for passengers?

For decades, Eurostar has been the only rail operator running through the Channel Tunnel. But recent shifts in regulation and burgeoning demand for lower-carbon travel options have boosted interest from competitors.

A handful of courageous rail companies are keen to make it happen.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250402-eurostar-rivals-are-given-the-green-signal-for-cross-channel-trains-what-could-it-mean-for-passengers?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

Building the #ChannelTunnel
https://nebula.tv/videos/practical-engineering-how-the-channel-tunnel-works/

In 1880-1882, an attempt was made to dig a railway tunnel from Kent to Calais.

Using an air-powered boring machine, the Submarine Continental Railway Company and its French partner dug 3.5km under the English Channel before British politics intervened and stopped the project.

Excited to share my article on the early history of the Channel Tunnel in the Public Domain Review. It's got pictures and everything.

https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/the-early-history-of-the-channel-tunnel/

@histodons
#railway #channeltunnel #histodons

Adieu Mickey Mouse: Eurostar’s shrinking ambitions seven years on from the Brexit vote.

When the Channel Tunnel first opened there were visions of seamless pan-European travel from the UK. Now the Disneyland Paris route has been axed and the Amsterdam route delayed, what went wrong?

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jun/23/eurostar-brexit-cross-channel-tunnel-disneyland-paris-amsterdam

No fishes Mummy
Channel Tunnel from Calais to Folkestone. I witnessed young children complaining that they could not see any fishes while looking out of the windows in the train
I was very pleased !!!