Channel Tunnel

noun

1. the Anglo-French railway tunnel that runs beneath the English Channel, between Folkestone and Coquelles, near Calais; opened in 1994 Also calledChunnelEurotunnel

Example Sentences

The destruction of the Channel Tunnel, ten years of effort wasted, millions of pounds swallowed up: this was evidently a calamity!

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But why have we never consented to the Channel Tunnel being made?

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It is just at this time that the submarine Channel Tunnel scheme possesses peculiar interest for the thoughtful.

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But the project of a Channel tunnel had long been seriously considered, though the experimental borings were not made till 1876.

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He seems to think it might be used for the Channel tunnel, being both smokeless and noiseless.

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