
The Channel Tunnel was built using 11 tunnel boring machines (TBMs) drilling through chalk marl.
The rate of progress exceeded 1,000m per month.
The rate of progress exceeded 1,000m per month.
The tunnel can accommodate traditional trainsets (passenger/ freight) and shuttles carrying road vehicles (vans and cars, coaches, caravans and
HGVs). The vehicles embark in the terminals.
The installations are operated using highly sophisticated equipment which also means users enjoy a high level of service.
The installations are operated using highly sophisticated equipment which also means users enjoy a high level of service.
This is an innovative, exceptional project, with setec playing a central role in every aspect since 1957.
The 1986 project, commissioned in 1994, follows on from setec’s preliminary work in 1971-1975.