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Channel Tunnel

Beginning
Proposals and attempts
Key Dates
1802
Mathieu Albert presented a proposal of the tunnel through Canal.
1875
The Channel Tunnel Company Ltd started preliminary trials
1882
Cliff Abbot heading had reached 897 yards (820 m) Shakespeare Cliff and 2040 yards (1870 m) in length
January 1975
UKrance a government supported regime that began in 1974 was canceled
February 1986
The Treaty of Canterbury was signed allowing the project to proceed
June 1988
The first tunnel was started in France
December 1988
United Kingdom began TBM operation
December 1990
The service tunnel broke through the Channel
May 1994
The tunnel was officially opened by HM The Queen and the President Mitterrand
Mid 1994
And freight trains began operating passenger
November 1996
A fire truck, very damaged the tunnel
November 2007
High Speed 1, linking London to the tunnel was opened
September 2008
A fire in a transport truck severely damaged the tunnel
December 2009
Eurostar trains stuck in the tunnel due to condensation of hardware that affect electric trains
In 1802, French mining engineer Albert Mathieu made a proposal to tunnel under the English Channel, with lighting oil lamps, coaches horses, and an artificial island in mid-channel to change horses.
In the 1830s, French Gamond Goal Thom made the first geological surveys and hydrographic in the Channel between Calais and Dover. Thom Gamond explored various schemes and, in 1856, presented a proposal to Napoleon III for a rail tunnel extracted Cap Gris-Nez Eastwater to point to a port / airshaft in Varna sandbank at a cost of 170 million francs, or less than GB7 million.
Thom Gamond 1856 of the plan of a link across the Channel, with a port / airshaft in Varna sandbank mid-Channel
In 1865, a delegation headed by George Ward Hunt proposed the idea of a tunnel to the Minister of Finance of the time, William Ewart Gladstone.
After 1867, William Low and Sir John Clarke Hawkshaw promoted ideas, but none were applied. An official Anglo-French protocol was established in 1876 by a railway tunnel through the Canal. In 1881, British railway entrepreneur Sir William Watkin and French Suez Canal Alexandre Lavalley contractor were in the Anglo-French Submarine Railway Company conducted exploration work on both sides of the Channel. On the side of a drilling machine English 2.13 meters (7 ft) diameter Beumont-English dug a 1.893 meters (6.211 feet) pilot tunnel from Shakespeare Cliff. On the French side, a similar machine dug 1669 meters (5476 feet) from Sangatte. The project was abandoned in May 1882 because of British political and media campaigns advocating for a tunnel that would jeopardize national defense of Britain. These early works have been found more than a century later during the LRT project.
In 1955, the defense arguments were accepted to be irrelevant because of the dominance of air power, therefore the British and French governments technical support and geological studies. Construction work began on both sides of the Channel in 1974, a project funded by the government the use of twin tunnels on both sides of a tunnel service, with capacity for car transport wagons. In January 1975, to the consternation of the French partners, the British government canceled the project. The government had changed the Labour Party and there was uncertainty about EC members, the cost estimates had ballooned to 200% and the national economy was troubled. By then the British Priestly TBM was ready and the Ministry of Transport was able to make a 300 m experimental unit. This tunnel, however, be reused as a starting point and access point for the operations of a tunnel from the British side.
In 1979, the Project "trap" was suggested when the conservative came to power in Britain. The concept was a single track railway tunnel with a service tunnel, but the bus terminal. The British government took no interest in funding the project, but Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher said he had no objection to a privately funded project. In 1981 French and British leaders Margaret Thatcher and François Mitterrand agreed to establish a working group to consider a privately funded project, and in April 1985 promoters were formally invited to submit proposals regime. Four presentations were shortlisted:
a railway scheme proposal based on 1975 presented by the Channel Tunnel Group / Franceanche (CTG / F)
Eurobridge: a 4.5 km span suspension bridge with a road in a closed tube
Euroroute: a tunnel of 21 km between artificial islands approached by bridges, and
Canal Highway: large diameter road tunnels with ventilation towers half channel.
The industry across the Channel ferry protested under the name "Flexilink." In 1975 there was no protest campaign by a fixed connection with a major ferry operators (Sealink) be state-owned. Flexilink arouse opposition continued throughout 1986 and 1987. Public opinion favored strongly drive-through tunnel, but the ventilation issues, concerns about the management of accidents and the fear of driving away mesmerisation the filing rail only shortlisted, CTG / FM, which won the project.
Agreement
A block diagram describing the structure of the organization used in the project. Eurotunnel is the umbrella organization for the construction and operation (through a grant) tunnel
The British Channel Tunnel Group consisted of two banks and five construction companies, while their French counterparts, Franceanche, consisted of three banks and five companies construction. The banks' role was to advise on financing and commitments to guarantee loans. On July 2, 1985, the groups formed Channel Tunnel Group / Franceanche (CTG / F). Its submission to the British and French governments was inspired by the 1975 draft, including 11 volumes and a statement considerable environmental impact.
The design and construction was performed by construction companies ten in the CTG / FM group. The French and boring terminal Sangatte was carried out by the five French construction companies in the joint venture group GIE Transmanche Construction. Terminal and boring English Shakespeare Cliff was carried out by the five British construction companies Trankslink Joint Undertaking. The two associations are linked by Transmanche Link (TML) a binational project organization. The Matre d'Oeuvre was a body control engineering employed by the Eurotunnel under the terms of the concession that monitors project activity and reported to governments and banks.
In France, with its long tradition of infrastructure investment, the project won approval general and in April 1987 the French National Assembly gave unanimous support and, in June 1987 after a public inquiry, the Senate gave its unanimous support. In Britain, the selection committee has reviewed the proposal, making history by holding hearings outside of Westminster, in Kent. In February 1987, the third reading the bill of the Channel Tunnel was held in the House of Commons, and was carried by 94 votes to 22. The Channel Tunnel Act gained Royal Assent and enacted English into law in July of that year.
The Channel Tunnel is a build-own-operate-transfer (BOOT) project with a concession. TML that design and build the tunnel, but funding was through a separate legal entity: Eurotunnel. Eurotunnel absorbed CTG / FM and signed a construction contract with TML, however, British and French governments controlled final engineering and safety decisions. The British and French governments gave Eurotunnel 55 - (Later 65 -) year operating concession to repay loans and pay dividends. A railroad Use Agreement was signed between Eurotunnel, British Rail and SOCIT Nationale des Chemins de Fer Francais ensure future income in exchange for the procurement of railways in the middle of the tunnel capacity.
Funding private for a complex infrastructure project was unprecedented scale. An initial capital of 45 million was raised by CTG / FM, increased by 206 million private placement institutional, 770 million was raised in an IPO which include print and television advertisements, a syndicated bank loan and credit card prepared 5 billion. With private financing, total investment costs in 1985 prices were 2.6 billion. At the end of 1994 actual costs were, in 1985 prices, 4650 million: 80% cost overrun. The overrun was due in part to improved safety, security and environmental requirements. Financing costs were 140% higher expected.
Construction
Once TBMs, working from both sides of the canal, cutting through marl for the construction of two railway tunnels and a service tunnel. The bus terminal of the vehicles are in Cheriton (part of Folkestone) and Coquelles, and are connected to highways and British French (M20 and A16, respectively).
Tunnel construction began in 1988, and the tunnel became operational in 1994. In 1985 prices, the total construction cost was 4.65 billion (equivalent to 10.152 billion today), a 80% cost overrun. At the peak of the construction of 15,000 persons were employed with a daily expenditure of more than 3 million euros. Ten workers, eight of them British, were killed during construction between 1987 and 1993, mostly in the early months of boring.
Termination
The Channel Tunnel was opened in Calais on 6 May 1994 by British Queen Elizabeth II and French President François Mitterrand
A small, two inches (50 mm) diameter pilot tunnel allowed the service to break down without ceremony on October 30, 1990. On December 1, 1990, Graham Fagg and English Frenchman Philippe Cozette went through the service tunnel with the means of observation. Eurotunnel completed the tunnel in time, and the tunnel was officially opened by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and French President François Mitterrand in a ceremony held in Calais on 6 May 1994. The Queen traveled through the tunnel to Calais on a Eurostar train, which stopped face to face with the train that led to President Mitterrand in Paris. After the ceremony, President Mitterrand and the Queen went in Le Shuttle to a similar ceremony in Folkestone.
The Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL), now called High Speed 1, runs 69 miles (111 km) from St Pancras station in London to the Channel Tunnel portal at Folkestone in Kent. It cost 5.8 billion. On September 16, 2003 the British Prime Minister Tony Blair, opened the first High speed section 1, from Folkestone to north Kent. On November 6, 2007, the Queen officially opened High Speed 1 and St Pancras International station, which replaced the slower original link to the train station Waterloo International. In High Speed 1 trains running at speeds up to 300 km / h (186 mph), the journey from London to Paris takes 2 hours 15 minutes and London to Brussels is 1 hour 51 minutes.
In 1996, the American Society of Civil Engineers, with Popular Mechanics, selected tunnel as one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World.
Engineering
The Channel Tunnel at the National Railway Museum in York, England, showing the circular section the tunnel with the overhead line feeding a Eurostar train. Also visible is the segmented tunnel lining
Recognition place in the twenty years previous tunnel construction confirmed earlier speculation that a route of the tunnel could be bored through a layer of chalk marl. Loam limestone was favorable to the construction of tunnels, water resistance, ease of excavation and strength. While in the English side chalk mark ran entire length of tunnel on the French side a length of 5 kilometers (3 miles) was variable and difficult geology. The Channel Tunnel consists of three holes: two of 7.6 meters (25 feet) in diameter rail tunnels, 30 meters (98 feet) away, 50 kilometers (31 miles) in length with a service tunnel 4.8 meters (16 feet) in diameter in the middle. There are also cross-passages and piston relief ducts. The service tunnel was used as a pilot tunnel, bored in front of the main tunnels to determine the conditions. English access was provided at Shakespeare Cliff, while the French access came from a shaft Sangatte. The French team used five tunnel boring machines (TBM), the English side used six. The service tunnel transport system uses the service tunnel (STTS) and Light Vehicle Services Tunnel (LADOGS). Fire safety is a critical design issue.
Among the portals in the Castle Hill and Beussingue the tunnel is 50.5 km (31 miles) long, 3.3 kilometers (two miles) underground in the French side, 9.3 km (6 miles) underground in side the United Kingdom and 37.9 kilometers (24 miles) beneath the sea. This makes the Channel Tunnel longest railway tunnel of the world's second largest, behind Seikan Tunnel in Japan, but with the longest section in the sea. The average depth is 45 meters (148 feet) below the seabed. On the side of the United Kingdom, the expected 5 million cubic meters (6510 ^ 6 cu yd) sludge of approximately 1 million cubic meters (1,310 cu yd ^ 6) was used to fill at the site of the terminal and the rest was deposited in Lower Shakespeare cliff behind a dam, restoration of 74 acres (30 hectares) of land. This land was made after the samphire hoe Country Park. Environmental impact assessment did not identify the principal risks to the project, and other studies on the safety, noise and air pollution were generally positive. However, environmental objections have been raised over a high speed line to London.
Geology
Geological profile along the tunnel as constructed. For most of its length holes through a tunnel of chalk marl stratum (layer)
The success of a tunnel under the canal you want a sound understanding of the topography and geology and the selection of the best rock strata through which to tunnel. The geology generally consists in northeasterly dipping Cretaceous strata, northern part of the member of the Wealden dome-Boulonnais. Features include:
continuous chalk cliffs on both sides of the Channel that contains no major flaws, as pointed out in 1698 Verstegen
Four geological strata, marine sediments laid down 90.1 billion years back, high and medium permeable chalk over chalk slightly less permeable and impermeable Gault Clay finally. A layer of sand, glauconitic marl (tortie) is between the mark made with chalk and Gault clay
A layer of 2530 meters (8298 feet) marl (French: bleue CRAI) in the lower third of the lower chalk appeared to present the best means of tunnels. The chalk has a clay content of 3,040%, which is waterproof to groundwater however, relatively easy to dig with the force that allows minimal support. Ideally, the tunnel is bored in the bottom of 15 meters (49 feet) from the chalk mark, allowing water entry fractures and joints to reduce to a minimum but above the Gault clay that increase stress on the lining of the tunnel swell and soften when wet.
On the English side of the channel, the strata dip less than 5, however, the French side, which increases to 20. Joints and faults are present in English and French sides. On the English side, only minor forms of displacement of less than 2 meters (7 feet) exists. On the French side, displacement up to 15 meters (49 feet) are present due to double Quenocs anticline. Faults are of limited width, filled with calcite, pyrite and remoulded clay. The fall more and failure limits the route selection on the French side. To avoid confusion microfossil groups were classified according to the mark made with chalk. On the French side, particularly near the coast, the chalk was harder, more brittle and more fractured than in the English side. This led to the adoption of different techniques construction of tunnels in the French and English sides.
No major geological hazards were identified, however, the Quaternary submarine valley Dangaered Fosse, Castle Hill and landslides located in the portal of English, raised concerns. 196 465 identified by the geophysical survey, the Dangaered Fosse is a system of valleys filled extends 80 meters (262 feet) below the seabed, 500 meters (1,640 feet) south of the route of the tunnel, located mid-channel. A survey in 1986 showed that a tributary crossed the path of the tunnel, so that the route of the tunnel was so far north and deep as possible. The English terminal had to be located in the landslide Castle Hill, which consists of blocks of displaced and the lower reservoir chalk glauconitic marl and remains Gault. Thus, the area was stabilized by juxtaposition and insertion of drainage tunnels. The service tunnels pilot tunnel before the main tunnels, so that the geology, zones of crushed rock, and areas of high water inflow could be expected. Exploratory survey was conducted in the service tunnels, in the form of wide interest survey, down vertical probes and sideways drilling.
Topography
Marine surveys and sampling by Thom Gamond took place during the 183 367, establishing the depth of the seabed at a maximum 55 meters (180 feet) and the continuity of the geologic strata (layers). Surveying continued over many years, with 166 sailors and 70 deep wells that land being drilled and more than 4000 km line of marine geophysical survey completed. The surveys were conducted in 195 859, 196 465, and 198 688 197 274.
The topography 195 859 seen in submerged tube designs the bridge and a tunnel, and therefore a large area was investigated. In this time of marine geophysical surveying engineering project was in its infancy, with poor positioning and resolution seismic profiles. 1964-1965 surveys focused on a northern route left the English coast at the port of Dover, with 70 boreholes, an area of deeply weathered rock with high permeability is located just south of the port of Dover.
Taking into account the latest results of the survey and access limitations, a more southerly route was investigated in the survey of 197 273 and the route is confirmed feasible. Information for the tunnel project also came from work before the cancellation of 1975. On the French side of Sangatte a deep well with potholes was done. On the English side of Shakespeare Cliff, the government allowed 250 meters (820 feet) 4.5 meters (15 feet) diameter tunnel driving. The actual tunnel alignment, the method of excavation and support were essentially the same as the attempt of 1975. In the survey of 198 697, above results were strengthened and the nature of Gault clay and medium-sized tunnel, marl forming 85% of the route, were investigated. geophysical techniques in the petroleum industry were employees.
Tunnel construction
Tunnel typical cross section with a service tunnel between the individual railway tunnels. It shows the linkage of a railway tunnel through the alleviation of the piston, it is necessary to manage the pressure changes due to the movement of trains
Tunnelling between England and France was a major engineering challenge, with the only precedent is the underwater Seikan Tunnel in Japan. A serious risk tunnels under water is important because water inlet pressure of seawater above the ground conditions under weak. The Channel Tunnel also had the challenge of returning timeeing funded private, financial, was paramount.
The goal was to build two of 7.6 meters (25 feet) in diameter tunnels train, 30 meters (98 feet) away, 50 kilometers (31 miles) long, one pair of 4.8 meters (16 feet) diameter service tunnel between the two main tunnels, which is 3.3 meters (11 feet) in diameter transverse passages railway tunnels linking the service tunnel at 375 meters (1230 feet) away; ducts relief piston 2 meters (7 feet) in diameter that connects the rail tunnel 250 meters (820 feet) spacing, two underwater caves crossover to connect the railway tunnels. The service tunnel, always preceded by the main tunnels at least 1 kilometer (0.6 miles) to know the terrain conditions. There were a lot of experience with a tunnel through the chalk on the mining industry. The underwater cave crosses a complex engineering problem. The cavern France was based on the Mount Baker Ridge Tunnel on U.S. Highway. The cavern of the United Kingdom was taken from the service tunnel ahead of the main tunnels order to avoid delay.
precast segments covering the major units of TBM were used, but used different solutions to the sides English and French. On the French side, neoprene covering joints between the tiles bolted heavy duty cast iron or reinforced concrete were used. On the English side, the main requirement was that the speed and the flowering of the segments of cast iron lining was only carried out in poor areas of geology. In tunnels UK Railway, covering eight segments plus a key segment were used on the French side, five segments plus a key segment. On the French side, a 55 meter (180 feet) in diameter of 75 meters (246 feet) deep shaft at Sangatte grout curtain is used for access. On the English side, an area classification was 140 meters (459 feet) below the top of Shakespeare Cliff, and the method of tunneling New Austrian (NATM) was first applied in chalk mark here. On the English side, the tunnels were driven from the land of Shakespeare Cliff, the same place as the marine tunnels, not from Folkestone. The platform at the base of the cliff was not big enough for all the units and, despite the objections of the environment, spoil tunnel was placed behind a concrete dam, on the condition of placing the chalk in a pond closed to avoid a large dispersion of fine chalk. Due to limited space factory Precast cladding was in the Isle of Grain in the Thames Estuary.
On the French side, due to increased permeability to water, land balance TBMs pressure to open and closed modes were used. The tunnels are closed in nature during the first 5 kilometers (3 miles), but below light as open, boring through the chalk marl stratum. This minimizes the impact with the ground and allows high water pressures to be withstood, and also relieves the need for grout before the tunnel. The French effort requires five tunnels: two major marine engine, a main engine of the earth (the units ground short of 3 km TBM allowed to complete the first unit, then reverse direction and complete the other), and two tunnel machines service. On the English side, geology TBM yielded simple open face. Six machines were used, they all began the excavation of Shakespeare Cliff, three marine wheel and three tunnels in the earth. Towards the end of units of submarines, the United Kingdom TBMs were driven sharply down and buried clear the tunnel. The French then completed the tunnel boring machines and dismantled. A 900 mm gauge is used in the English side during construction.
In contrast to English machines, which simply were given alphanumeric names, tunnels French machines were named after all women: Brigitte, Europe, Catherine, Virginie, Pascaline, Sverine.
Rail Design
Interior of Eurotunnel Shuttle, a shuttle train from the vehicle. The largest railway wagons the world, the shuttle trains transport vehicles between terminals on either side of the tunnel
Communications
There are three communication systems in the tunnel: granting radio (CR) for vehicles and personnel within the concession of Eurotunnel (terminals, tunnels, coastal wells) Ground-Train radio (TTR) for voice calls and data securely between the trains and the train control center, bus inner radius (SIR) for communication between the shuttle crew passenger and car radios.
Power Supply
All tunnel services run on electricity, in equal parts from English sources and French. Power is delivered to the locomotives through an airline (overhead) at 25 kV 50 Hz
Much of the railway in south London uses a 750 V DC third rail power to deliver, however since the opening of a high speed there is no need to use the third rail system for any Eurostar part of the journey. High Speed 1, the tunnel itself and the route to Paris on power provided by overhead 25 kV and 50 Hz train in Brussels also electrified with overhead catenary, but at 3000 V DC.
Signaling
A cab signaling system uses the information given directly to drivers on a screen. There are Automatic Train Protection (ATP) that stops the train if the speed is different from that on the screen in the cockpit. TVM430, as use the LGV Nord, is used in the tunnel. The speed limit is 160 km / h.
Track System
The American International Corporation Sonneville monitoring system consisting of the rest 900A UIC60 lanes degree microcellular EVA pads, bolted into the concrete was chosen. The largest European gauge is used in GB + rather than one of the smallest UK alternative, this indicator remains at a high speed at Barking in east London. ballasted track was discarded due to limited maintenance and a need for geometric stability.
Rolling stock
Eurotunnel Shuttle
Main article: Eurotunnel Shuttle and Eurotunnel Class 9
Initially 38 locomotives were commissioned Le Shuttle, working in pairs with one at each end of a shuttle train. The buses have two separate halves: and double deck. Each half has two loading and unloading of cars and twelve wagons carrying. original order was for nine tourists Eurotunnel shuttles.
launch vehicle heavy also have two halves, with each half with a boxcar, a volley of 14 cars and company cars. Not a car club behind the leading locomotive. Order Eurotunnel truck shuttles six rakes.
freight locomotives
See also: British Rail Class 92
Forty-six locomotives class 92 for transporting the goods trains and passenger trains at night (the Nightstar project was abandoned) were commissioned, which can run on AC up and the third DC power rails.
International passengers
Main article: British Rail Class 373
Thirty-one on the Eurostar trainsased French TGVuilt gauges in the UK, and with many changes for security inside the tunnel was commissioned, with ownership divided between British Rail, a national company French Railway and National Railway Company of Belgium. British Rail ordered seven more for services north of London.
In late 2009, the requirements broad protection against fire, were removed and the Deutsche Bahn received permission to run the German Intercity Express (ICE) through the Channel Tunnel in the future.
Locomotive Service
diesel locomotives and rescue maneuver are Class Eurotunnel Eurotunnel Class 0001 and 0031.
Operation
Use and services
A chart of the Channel Tunnel traffic shows the number of passengers and tonnes of cargo. Loads the number of shipments of vehicles fell in 1996 / 7 due the end of the service after November 1996 fire
The British terminal at Cheriton in the west of Folkestone. Terminal services shuttle train carrying vehicles, and is linked to the M20 motorway
The Folkestone White Horse is the last view of England for most of the passengers who board at the terminal Cheriton
Services offered by the tunnel are:
Eurotunnel Shuttle (formerly Le Shuttle) service roll-on roll-off transport for road vehicles
Eurostar passenger trains,
through freight trains.
Both freight and passenger traffic forecasts that led the construction of the tunnel were largely overestimated and universally. In particular, the forecasts were too Eurotunnel charge predictions. Although the catch quota channel intersections (in competition with air and sea) is correctly predicted, high competition and tariff reduction has led to low income. Overall traffic through the canal was overestimated.
Passenger traffic volumes
Effective tunnel total volume of passenger traffic reached up from 18.4 million in 1998, dropped to 14.9 million in 2003, since then increased again to 16.1 million in 2008.
At the time of the decision to build the tunnel, 15.9 million passengers predicted for Eurostar trains in the year of opening. In 1995, the first full year, the actual numbers were slightly 2.9 million, growing to 7.1 million in 2000, then fall back to 6.3 million in 2003. However, Eurostar also constrained by the lack of a connection high speed on the British side. After the completion of High Speed 1 (formerly CTRL) to London in two stages in 2003 and 2007, the increase in traffic. In 2008, Eurostar carried 9,113,371 passengers in traffic through the Channel-Tunnel, a 10% increase over the previous year, despite the limitations of traffic due the Channel Tunnel fire 2008.
Year
Passengers ...
by [Eurostar to]
(Actual ticket sales)
Shipments of passenger Eurotunnel
(Dear, millions)
Total
(Estimated, million)
1994
~ 100,000
0.2
0.3
1995
2920309
4.4
7.3
1996
4.99501 million
7.9
12.9
1997
6004268
8.6
14.6
1998
6307849
12.1
18.4
1999
6593247
11.0
17.6
2000
7130417
9.9
17.0
2001
6947135
9.4
16.3
2002
6602817
8.6
15.2
2003
6314795
8.6
14.9
2004
7276675
7.8
15.1
2005
7454497
8.2
15.7
2006
7858337
7.8
15.7
2007
8.26098 million
7.9
16.2
2008
9113371
7.0
16.1
Only passengers on Eurostar to cross the Channel
Freight traffic volumes
Cross-tunnel volume freight traffic has been erratic, with a decrease in it due to a 1997 closure caused by a fire on a freight shuttle. The total cargo crossings increased in the period, indicating the possibility of replacing the tunnel on the shipping routes. The tunnel has made transportation of goods through the Canal traffic market share close to or above 1980 for Eurotunnel, but predictions of Eurotunnel 1990 and 1994 predictions are overestimates.
For goods transported through freight trains, the first year load forecast was 7.2 million gross tons, however, the figure for 1995 was 1.3 million tonnes gross. Through the freight volume in 1998 reached 3.1 million tonnes. However, existing problems, this figure dropped to 1.21 million tonnes in 2007, rising again slightly to 1.24 million tonnes in 2008.
But along with that carried out on buses freight traffic growth Load has occurred since its opening, with 6.4 million tonnes carried in 1995, 18.4 million tonnes in 2003 and 19.6 million tons in 2007.
Year
Cargo ...
through freight trains
(Actual tons)
by Eurotunnel Trucks Buses
(Estimated in millions of tons)
Total
(Estimated in millions of tons)
1994
0
0.8
0.8
1995
1349802
5.1
6.4
1996
2783774
6.7
9.5
1997
2925171
3.3
6.2
1998
3141438
9.2
12.3
1999
2865251
10.9
13.8
2000
2947385
14.7
17.6
2001
2447432
15.6
18.0
2002
1.46358 million
15.6
17.1
2003
1743686
16.7
18.4
2004
1889175
16.6
18.5
2005
1.58779 million
17.0
18.6
2006
1569429
16.9
18.5
2007
1213647
18.4
19.6
2008
~ 1.24 million [B]
14.2
15.4
Of B in October 2007, Eurotunnel bills through Railfreight by trains instead of a ton.
Eurotunnel freight subsidiary is Europorte 2. In September 2006 early warning systems, the UK's largest rail freight operator, announced that due to the cessation of government subsidies United Kingdom and France of 52 million per year to cover the Channel Tunnel "minimum user charge" (a subsidy of around 13,000 by train, a traffic level of 4,000 trains per year), freight trains will stop working after 30 November.
Economic Performance
Actions Eurotunnel was issued at 3.50 per share on December 9, 1987. In mid 1989 the price had risen to 11.00. Delays and cost overruns led to the quote shares fall, during the demonstration run in October 1994, the share price reached a low of all time. Eurotunnel suspended payment of its debt in September 1995 to avoid bankruptcy. In December 1997 the British and French governments extended the operating concession for 34 years Eurotunnel for 2086. Eurotunnel's financial restructuring took place in mid-1998, reducing debt and financial expenses. Despite the restructuring of the magazine The Economist reported in 1998 that the equilibrium point Eurotunnel would have to increase fares, traffic and market share for sustainability. A cost-benefit analysis of the Channel Tunnel who indicated they had little impact on the economy in general and few developments associated with the project, and that the British economy would have been better if the tunnel had not been built.
Under the terms of the concession, Eurotunnel was obliged to investigate a road tunnel through the Canal. In December 1999 Road and rail tunnel proposals were presented to the British and French governments, but stressed that there was insufficient demand for a second tunnel. A tripartite treaty between the United Kingdom, France and Belgium regulates border controls, with the establishment of control zones where officers from the other nation can exercise the limited powers of customs and public order. For most purposes these are at both ends of the tunnel, with the French border controls on the side British tunnel, and vice versa. For certain trains from city to city, the train itself is a control area. A binational emergency plan coordinates the activities of the United Emergency Kingdom and France.
In 1999, Eurostar recorded its first net profit, after having made a loss of 925 in 1995.
Terminals
A Peugeot 807 into a transport wagon in the French terminal at Coquelles near Calais in northern France
The sites are in Cheriton terminal (Folkestone, in the United Kingdom) and Coquelles (Calais, France). The terminals are unique facilities designed for the transfer of highway vehicles on trains at a rate of 700 cars and 113 heavy vehicles per hour. The site of the United Kingdom uses the M20 motorway. The terminals are organized juxtaposed border controls to enter the system to allow travelers to join the motorway in the country of destination immediately after leaving the ferry. The area of the UK site was severely limited and the design was a challenge. The French design is more easily achieved. To achieve design output, ferries accept double-deck cars, of flexibility, ramps were placed inside the shuttle for easy access to upper floors. In Folkestone is 20 kilometers (12 miles) of mainline track and 45 turnouts with eight platforms. In Calais, there are 30 kilometers (19 miles) of track with 44 deviations. In the terminals of the shuttle trains run across an eight to reduce uneven wear on the wheels.
Impact regional
A 1996 report of the European Union Commission proposes that Kent and Nord-Pas de Calais had to face an increase in traffic volume due to the overall growth traffic through the canal and the traffic attracted by the tunnel. In Kent, a high-speed train line to London would be transferred from road traffic to rail. Kent regional development would benefit from the tunnel, but being so near London restrict the benefits. The gains are in the traditional industries and dependent greatly the development of Ashford International station passengers, which Kent would become totally dependent on the expansion of London. Nord-Pas-de-Calais has a strong symbolic effect inside the tunnel that leads to significant increases in manufacturing.
The elimination of a bottleneck through, as the Tunnel Channel does not necessarily lead to economic gains in all adjacent regions, the image of a region that is connected to the high European transport speed and active policy response are most important to regional economic development. Tunnel-induced regional development is small compared with the growth general economic. The southeast of England is likely to benefit and social development for transportation faster and cheaper continental Europe, but the benefits are unlikely to be distributed equally throughout the region. The overall environmental impact is almost certainly negative.
Five years after the opening of the tunnel had few and small impacts on the economy in general, and it was difficult to identify the major developments related to the tunnel. It has been postulated that the economy British have been better without the costs of the construction project, both Eurotunnel and Eurostar, companies heavily involved in building the Channel Tunnel and operation have had to resort to large amounts of government aid to cope with debts totaled. Eurotunnel has been described as being in a serious situation.
Incidents
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Fire
Main article: 1996 fires in the Channel Tunnel and Channel Tunnel Fire 2008
There have been three fires in the Channel Tunnel were significant enough to close the tunnelll in the heavy vehicle (truck) shuttlesnd other incidents minor.
During an invitation-only "testing phase on December 9, 1994, a fire in a Ford Escort car while its owner had been for loading into the upper deck of a tour bus. The fire began at about 10:00 with the train stops at the terminal in Folkestone and was extinguished About 40 minutes later, without injury to passengers.
On November 18, 1996 a fire at a car carrying heavy goods vehicles in the tunnel but no one was seriously injured. The exact cause is unknown, although it was a team of Eurotunnel rolling stock or problem as it could have been due to arson heavy vehicles. It is estimated that the heart of the fire reached 1,000 C (1,800 F), with the tunnel seriously damaged more than 46 meters (151 feet), with about 500 meters (1,640 feet) were affected to some extent. Full operation resumed six months after the fire.
The tunnel was closed for several hours on August 21, 2006, when a truck in a truck shuttle train caught fire. On September 11, 2008, a fire occurred in the Channel Tunnel at 13:57 GMT. The incident began in a freight train of vehicles traveling to France. The incident occurred 11 kilometers (6.8 miles) from the French tunnel entrance. Nobody died, but several persons were rushed to hospitals suffering from inhaling smoke and of minor injuries and bruises. The tunnel was closed to all traffic, with the good South Tunnel Limited facilities reopened two days later. Full service resumed on February 9, 2009 after repairs costing 60 million.
Rail failures
In the night of 19/20 February 1996, some 1,000 passengers were trapped in the Channel Tunnel when two British Rail Class 373 Eurostar train bound continent broke due to electronic failures caused by snow and ice.
On August 3, 2007 a power failure lasting six hours caused to passengers trapped in the tunnel in a Eurotunnelshuttle crossing.
On the night of December 18, 2009, during the December 2009 European snow, five trains to London Eurostar services provided not inside the tunnel trapping 2,000 passengers in the tunnel during the night. The large number of trains does not mean that the two running tunnels were blocked. Five Class 373 trains had party from Brussels and Paris and cold temperatures found in northern France, the coldest for eight years. A Eurotunnel spokesman said the problem had arisen because of "snow in August in France, who had evaded the 'shields winterisation" designed to stop snow getting into the electrical system. The court must then by the transition from cold air in France in the warm atmosphere inside the tunnel. Four there was no train carrying passengers, the fifth is empty, a Brussels train had turned back to Brussels before reaching the tunnel. Two trains were taken out tunnel using Eurotunnel class diesel 0001. The blockade of the Channel Tunnel led to the implementation of Operation Stack, the transformation of the M20 motorway into a linear park.
The trouble began around 21:00, with Kent Fire Brigade were alerted at 21:46. Travel of participants had between eleven and sixteen hours. The snow that had accumulated on the trains then melted in the heat of the tunnel, the water cause electrical failures. Of the five trains class 373 and two were returned:
18:59 Brusselsondon (9157), and drag to London St Pancras by a diesel locomotive from Eurotunnel. Delay of 3 hours 49 minutes.
18:43 Parisondon (9053), 700 passengers evacuated through a service tunnel, Eurotunnel shuttle train in the tunnel in front of empty running. Passengers carried Ashford international railway station, conventional trains to London. Last Minute in London for 12 hours, arriving at 08:00 the next morning.
19:13 Parisondon (9055), together with adjacent 20:13 Eurostar train back and pulled by diesel locomotive, then went to London. Folkestone towed and picked up passengers from 20:13 to Paris behind him.
19:37 Disneylandondon (9057), 664 evacuated through a service tunnel Eurotunnel shuttle train in the tunnel Vacuum front running and led by France.
20:13 Parisondon (9059) Along with the 19:13 Eurostar trains adjacent to the front, passengers transferred to the 19:13 train to London or previous trip taken by Folkestone and transported in five coaches by road to London.
20:29 Brusselsondon (9163), held in Calais turned back to Brussels before reaching the Channel Tunnel.
21:13 Parisondon (9063), held in Calais and then returned to Paris before reaching the tunnel de la Mancha.
The occasion was the first time in fifteen years that the Eurostar train was evacuated inside the tunnel, the default of four at a time that is described as "unprecedented." The Channel Tunnel reopened at 05:40 CET the next day.
The next night, 19 December 2009, an extra Eurostar service from Paris collapsed. The train successfully negotiated the Channel Tunnel itself, then broke outside. A second train was sent to tow the first to London, but not at 18:25 when he tried to carry up a steep slope across Thurrock viaduct on the outskirts of London. The Eurostar passenger services restart on December 22, 2009.
Niranjan Deva, MEP South East of England, has called on the Eurostar, Richard Brown, CEO to resign over the incidents.
Another Class 373 units in service in the tunnel broke Brusselsondon the January 7, 2010. The train had 236 passengers on board was towed to Ashford, other trains not had yet reached the tunnel was driven back.
An independent report on 18 / December 19 2009 incidents was issued on February 12, 2010. The report was compiled by Christopher Garnett (former CEO of Great North Eastern Railway) and Claude Gressier (an expert on French transport) and made 21 recommendations.
Asylum and immigration
Potential immigrants and asylum seekers have been known to use the tunnel to try to enter Britain. In 1997 the problem had already attracted the attention of the international press, and the French Red Cross opened a refugee center in Sangatte in 1999, with a store that is used for construction tunnels, for 2002, it housed 1,500 people at a time, most of them trying to reach the United Kingdom. At one point, a large number of Afghanistan, Iraq Iran, but African and Eastern European countries are also represented.
Most migrants who got in Britain found a way riding a freight train, but others use Eurostar. While the facilities were fenced, airtight security was deemed impossible even go refugees of the bridges over moving trains. Incidents that several people were injured during the crossing, other engineered railway equipment, causing delays and requiring repairs. Eurotunnel 5m said he was losing month for the problem. A dozen refugees have died crossing attempts.
In 2001 and 2002, several riots broke out in Sangatte refugee groups and (Up to 550 on December 1, 2001 incident) stormed the fence and attempted to enter mass. Immigrants have also arrived as legitimate Eurostar passengers without entry papers appropriate.
Local authorities in both France and the United Kingdom called for the closure of Sangatte, and Eurotunnel twice requested an injunction against the center. The United Kingdom blamed France for allowing the opening of Sangatte, France and blamed the UK for its lax rules and EU asylum for not having a consistent immigration policy. The cause of the problem clbre nature even including journalists were arrested while refugees in the railway property.
In 2002, after the European Commission said France that it was in violation of European standards of the European Union on the free transfer of assets, due to delays and closures, as a result of poor security, a double fence, built at a cost of 5 million, which reduces the number of refugees detected each week reaching Britain on goods trains from 250 to almost none. Other measures include CCTV cameras and police patrols increased. In late 2002, the Sangatte center was closed after the United Kingdom agreed to take some of the refugees.
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Security
The service tunnel is used for access to the technical teams in cross Parts and equipment rooms to provide fresh air ventilation and emergency evacuation. The service tunnel transport system (STTS) enables fast access to all areas of the tunnel. The service vehicles are on tires with a wire guidance system buried. Twenty-four STTS vehicles were made, and are mainly used for maintenance, but also for fire fighting and emergency situations. "Pods" with a different objective, to a payload of 2.55 t (2.85.5 tons), are inserted into the side of vehicles. The STTS vehicles can not turn around inside the tunnel, and are driven from any end. The maximum speed is 80 km / h (50 mph) when the address is blocked. A fleet of less than fifteen light-duty vehicles from the tunnel (LADOGS) were introduced to complement the STTSs. The LADOGS have a short wheelbase with a 3.4 m (11 ft) of rotation that allows two points becomes the service tunnel. Government can not be blocked as STTS vehicles, and a top speed of 50 kmh (31 mph). Pods of up to 1 ton can be loaded into the back of vehicles. The Drivers sit in the tunnel to the right, and vehicles driven on the left. Because of the risk of train crews in native French right side of the road sensors on vehicles warning the driver if the vehicle deviates to the right side of the tunnel.
The three tunnels containing 6,000 tons (6,600 tons) of air that needs to be conditioned for the comfort and safety. The air is supplied ventilation buildings Shakespeare Cliff and Sangatte, with each building capable full duty while providing 100% capacity out. There is also extra ventilation on both sides of the tunnel. In the case of a fire, ventilation is used to keep smoke out of the service tunnel and move in a direction of smoke in the main tunnel to provide passengers with clean air. The Channel Tunnel was the first main line railway tunnel have a special cooling equipment. Heat is generated by the traction equipment and drag. The design limit set at 30 C (86 F), using a mechanical cooling system in refrigeration in English and French sides running cold water flowing in the tubes inside the tunnel.
The trains travel at high speed piston of the pressure to create changes that can affect the passenger comfort systems, ventilation, tunnel gates, fans and the structure of the trains, and drag on the trains. Piston relief ducts of 2-meters (7 feet) in diameter were chosen to solve the problem, with four channels per kilometer to give near optimal results. Unfortunately this design was unacceptable lateral forces on trains as a reduction in train speed was necessary and limiters were installed in the ducts.
The issue of security of a fire in a passenger ferry in-vehicle received much attention, with Eurotunnel is noted that fire risk was gathered the most attention in a 1994 security issue for three reasons: ferry companies opposed the passengers are allowed to stay with their cars; Ministry statistics indicate that vehicle fires has doubled in ten years, and the great length of the tunnel. Eurotunnel asked the Fire Research Station in the UK to provide reports of vehicle fires and as liaison with the Kent Fire Department to collect statistics on vehicle fires in a year. Fire tests took place at the French Research Establishment Mines with a wagon model used to investigate how the cars burned. The wagon door systems are designed to withstand the heat inside the car for 30 minutes longer than the transit time of 27 minutes. Wagon air conditioners help to purify the dangerous gases from inside the car before the trip. Each car has a fire detection and extinguishing system, with detection of ions or ultraviolet radiation, smoke and gases that can trigger halon to extinguish a fire. Since the products on heavy goods vehicles (HGV) wagons are not covered, fire sensors are in the freight car and himself tunnel. A 10-inch (250 mm) water main in the service tunnel provides water to the main tunnels 125 meters (410 feet) intervals. The ventilation system You can control the movement of smoke. Turnout Special arrival there to accept a train is on fire, while the train was not allowed to leave while the fire in the tunnel. Eurotunnel has banned a wide range of dangerous goods travel in the tunnel. Two fire fighting vehicles with pods STTS service at all times with a maximum delay of 10 minutes before reaching a train on fire.
See also
British Rail Class 373
Irish Sea Tunnel
Japan-Korea Underwater Tunnel
Train List megaprojects
Samphire hoe
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