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Who officially opened the Channel Tunnel?

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Who officially opened the Channel Tunnel?

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Queen Elizabeth and President Mitterrand opened the Tunnel on May 6th, 1994.

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How long can the lining of the Channel Tunnel last for?

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How long can the lining of the Channel Tunnel last for?

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The lining of the Tunnel is designed to last for 120 years.

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Shuttle trains are 775 metres long, the same as eight football pitches

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On December 18th 2009, five Eurostar trains broke down, trapping 2,000 passengers for 16 hours with no food or water

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Up to 400 trains pass through the tunnel every day. In 2014 there was a total of 21 million people that were transported between Britain and France in the tunnel.

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There were 11 boring machines to dig the tunnel. They weighed a total of 12000 tonnes which is more than the Eiffel Tower.

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It took 6 years, 1988-1994 to construct. It took 13000 employees to build the Channel Tunnel. 10 workers, eight of them British, died while constructing the tunnel. The other two were unknown.

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It cost £4.65 billion to build which is equal to £12 billion today.

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The tunnel is 31.4 miles long. It takes around 35 minutes to travel the length of the Channel Tunnel.