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  • Virgin Trains gets approval to launch international services through the Channel tunnel
  • Longest train tunnel in the world buried thousands of feet below ground cost £11.2billion to build
  • 3rd section of tunnel lowered into place in Baltic Sea

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ianvisits.co.uk /1 week ago

Virgin Trains gets approval to launch international services through the Channel tunnel

Eurostar will face competition on the London to mainland Europe route from 2030, as the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has formally authorised Virgin Trains to launch its services.R...

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mirror.co.uk /1 month ago

Longest train tunnel in the world buried thousands of feet below ground cost £11.2billion to build

This incredible feat of engineering took 17 years of continuous construction to finish.

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dailyfinland.fi /3 weeks ago

3rd section of tunnel lowered into place in Baltic Sea

Another 220-metre long concrete section of the planned Fehmarn Belt Tunnel has been sunk to the Baltic Sea bed, reported dpa. This brings the total to three sections for the world...

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ianvisits.co.uk /1 week ago

Engineers drill 100-metre tunnel beneath South London railway without stopping trains

A novel construction method has been used to drill a tunnel sideways beneath a tram and railway line in South London without closing the line.Read more ›

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londonist.com /2 days ago

Eurostar, Virgin Trains, And The Future Of Cross-Channel Train Travel From London

Changes at Eurostar, and Virgin Trains muscles in.

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railway-news.com /2 weeks ago

FS Group Orders 19 High-Speed Trains for Paris–London Channel Tunnel Service 

FS Italiane Group has ordered 19 new high-speed trains from Hitachi Rail as it prepares to launch a Paris–London service through the Channel Tunnel in 2029. The ETR 1000 Frecciaros...

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focus.de /1 month ago

Mit deutschem Riesenbohrer entsteht sauberster Straßentunnel der Welt unter der Themse

Mit der „Lower Thames Crossing” baut Großbritannien einen der größten Straßentunnel der Welt – fast komplett elektrisch und mit Wasserstoff statt Diesel. Bis zu 70 Prozent CO2 soll...

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dailymail.com /1 week ago

Richard Branson to take on Eurostar with 20 Virgin trains a day through Channel Tunnel

Regulators have granted the billionaire's company approval to run services between St Pancras International in London and the tunnel entrance in Folkestone in Kent..

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renews.biz /3 weeks ago

Elia, CPP buy Tarchon interconnector

Subsea transmission link between UK and Germany will have 1.4GW capacity

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independent.co.uk /1 week ago

Virgin Trains granted track access for new Channel Tunnel routes from 2030

The Office of Rail and Road said it had granted approval for Sir Richard Branson’s company to run up to 20 new daily return services.

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enr.com /3 weeks ago

Webuild Team Selected for $922M Genoa Undersea Tunnel

Italy's first planned undersea highway tunnel moved closer to construction as enabling work continued and the project's main tunneling package advanced through procurement.

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express.co.uk /1 month ago

World's first ship tunnel will cost £671m - and will be just one mile long

The project to build the £671million tunnel in Norway, that will just over one mile long, has been revived after running into funding issues

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bbc.co.uk /1 month ago

Scotcast: Could tunnels fix our ferry problems?

Shetland is taking its first step towards replacing some of its ferry routes with tunnels.

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scmp.com /4 weeks ago

China completes first high-speed rail tunnel under the Yangtze River

China finished the first high-speed railway tunnel under the Yangtze River on Friday, marking a major step forward in the construction of a line that will one day connect the inlan...

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thelocal.fr /2 weeks ago

New sail-power ferry service to connect France and UK

The company behind a catamaran ferry service between Boulogne and Dover is set to pilot a new France-UK route later this year.

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constructionenquirer.com /1 month ago

Giant TBM order puts Lower Thames Crossing tunnel on track

Bouygues TP Murphy JV to launch Europe's largest ever TBM in 2028

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railwaypro.com /1 week ago

Virgin moves closer to Eurostar challenge as ORR pre-approves HS1 access

Virgin Trains has taken another major step towards launching cross-Channel rail services after the Office of Rail and Road pre-approved [...]

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survivefrance.com /1 week ago

ETIAS & EES introduction

Try Dieppe (DFDS - 20% off for age if you book by phone.] Much, much quieter ports either side.It’s an easy run from your place. Less £££ too.

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railwaypro.com /2 weeks ago

World record beneath the Yangtze River: 11.3 km of tunnelling for 350 km/h trains

China has completed the tunnelling of an 11.3 km section of the Chongtai railway tunnel, built beneath the Yangtze River. [...]

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travelnews.co.za /6 days ago

Train travel round-up: Virgin cross-channel services approved

Virgin has received approval from the UK Office of Rail and Road (ORR) to operate cross-channel rail…

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railway-news.com /1 month ago

HS2 Completes First ‘Green’ Tunnel on London Section of High-Speed Railway

HS2 has completed construction of its first cut-and-cover, ‘green’ tunnel, marking a further milestone in the delivery of Britain’s new high-speed railway between London and the We...

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kn-online.de /2 weeks ago

Unterirdisch in die EU: Litauen entdeckt Migrantentunnel unter Belarus-Grenze

Geheimgang in die EU: Durch einen Tunnel sollten Migranten von Belarus nach Litauen geschleust werden. Doch Grenzschützer entdeckten die Unterführung. Es ist nicht der erste Vorfal...

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scotsman.com /2 weeks ago

Direct Scotland-Europe Sleeper trains plan through Channel Tunnel revived by SNP

Feasibility study launched 30 years after original scheme scrapped

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theconstructionindex.co.uk /1 month ago

HS2 completes 'green' tunnel

HS2 has completed its first 'green' tunnel, am 880m cut-and-cover tunnel at Copthall built by SCS (Skanska, Costain, Strabag) using 1.2m cubic metres of material excavated from nea...

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