Channel Tunnel

Channel Tunnel is the undersea rail link which is around 50.5 kilometer long and links Folkestone in Kent to Calais in France. Channel tunnel holds the record of longest undersea portion of any tunnel in the world. This historic creation linked England with European mainland.

About Channel Tunnel

This tunnel is used by Eurostar passenger trains and Eurotunnel Shuttle (the largest railway wagons in the world). Eurostar train for London to Paris departs from St. Pancras station in London and arrives at Gare du Nord station in Paris or to Brussels Midi station in Brussels. This entire journey through Channel Tunnel takes 2 hours and 15 min to Paris and around 1 hour and 55 minutes to Brussels in which train takes around 35-40 minutes to cross the Channel tunnel. You can book Chunnel tickets for Eurostar online.

Eurotunnel Shuttle is used to carry cars, motorbikes and other vehicles through Channel tunnel. This shuttle departs from Folkestone in Kent and arrives at Calais in France. This journey takes 35 minutes. Chunnel tickets for Eurostar or Eurotunnel trains are available online.

Channel Tunnel consists of three tunnels out of which one is used by Eurostar, one by Eurotunnel Shuttle and one is reserved for service purposes.

According to reports, around 245 million people had travelled through Channel Tunnel since its opening in 1994.