Tunnel plan in doubt_3
18 July 2012
A second single-bore Channel Tunnel for rail traffic is unlikely after a Eurotunnel survey this month declared it financially unviable.
A second single-bore Channel Tunnel for rail traffic is unlikely after a Eurotunnel survey this month declared it financially unviable. At an estimated cost of £3 billion, Eurotunnel said that the more expensive rail option would not bring in adequate financial returns, unless there were “a very significant shift from road to rail” in freight traffic. The tunnel...