When France and England are aligned, it’s always for something massively important and positive. Rohan and Gondor against the Orcs!
aireads on
Crazy to think, projects like this would be multiple times more difficult, if not impossible nowadays, in the era of mass austerity and Brexit.
This was a monumental achievement, I remember I was amazed as kid by it
Mateorabi on
Why would he need to do the passport bit at the end just for being a few feet into the French side of the tunnel? Wouldn’t a large swath of it be in (or rather under) international waters?
Miserable-Scholar215 on
Still mind boggling how precise this needed to be.
Drilling for miles and miles underground from two sides to meet precisely head on. And for trains, so they can’t just do random swerves in the middle …
Caranthir-Hondero on
Egon Spengler was there.
Bill_Troamill on
The British are considering filling it with cement to prevent the flight of capital and jobs!
Willing-Werewolf-500 on
The 90s were just so much more optimistic feeling
TF2PublicFerret on
One of the great manly pasttimes of digging a hole, done to such a vast and industrial scale. Imagine doing that and meeting other lads digging a hole at the same scale.
It’s a grand moment of justification, and lads knowing their mission of digging a hole is nearly over.
Public_You_2973 on
Bruh how can they build this quite fast but the trains in uk still not finish upgraded?
IHeartBadCode on
What’s crazy was the British and the French sides of the tunnel were only off by 35 centimeters (14 inches) from each other. It’s crazy how close the center of the tunnels were to each other. Especially considering that the plans allowed for a 2.5 meter tolerance between the tunnels.
Longjumping_Tale6394 on
I’m sure the Brits dug about 80% of the whole thing
Internal_Somewhere98 on
And then half our country decided to stick there middle finger up and tell them all to F off, and now we can’t afford a meal deal.
Cute_Ad_9730 on
When this was being constructed I thought you would be able to drive through in your car. A bit disappointing.
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Did they meet half way or did one side dig more?
and then they kissed
Those drills are shit to be on.
When France and England are aligned, it’s always for something massively important and positive. Rohan and Gondor against the Orcs!
Crazy to think, projects like this would be multiple times more difficult, if not impossible nowadays, in the era of mass austerity and Brexit.
This was a monumental achievement, I remember I was amazed as kid by it
Why would he need to do the passport bit at the end just for being a few feet into the French side of the tunnel? Wouldn’t a large swath of it be in (or rather under) international waters?
Still mind boggling how precise this needed to be.
Drilling for miles and miles underground from two sides to meet precisely head on. And for trains, so they can’t just do random swerves in the middle …
Egon Spengler was there.
The British are considering filling it with cement to prevent the flight of capital and jobs!
The 90s were just so much more optimistic feeling
One of the great manly pasttimes of digging a hole, done to such a vast and industrial scale. Imagine doing that and meeting other lads digging a hole at the same scale.
It’s a grand moment of justification, and lads knowing their mission of digging a hole is nearly over.
Bruh how can they build this quite fast but the trains in uk still not finish upgraded?
What’s crazy was the British and the French sides of the tunnel were only off by 35 centimeters (14 inches) from each other. It’s crazy how close the center of the tunnels were to each other. Especially considering that the plans allowed for a 2.5 meter tolerance between the tunnels.
I’m sure the Brits dug about 80% of the whole thing
And then half our country decided to stick there middle finger up and tell them all to F off, and now we can’t afford a meal deal.
When this was being constructed I thought you would be able to drive through in your car. A bit disappointing.
I was 6/7yo when I watched this on TV.