Almanac: The "Chunnel" 02:10 On January 20, 1986, 33 years ago today, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and French President Francois Mitterand broke new ground. For that was the day they ...

WHEN the “Chunnel” — the $16 billion tunnel connecting England and France under the English Channel — reaches full operation this fall, people and their cars will be whisked on dry land ...

CALAIS, France--I'm sitting in a train doing something more than 265 million people have done before--enter the Chunnel for a crossing between France and England. But I've got a seat very few of ...

In defense of the Chunnel train [“Chunnel Train? Never Again,” Letters, Oct. 19]: The ferry across the English Channel is fun, but if you want to get from London to Paris as easily as possible ...

The tunnel under the English Channel connects two nations with markedly different economic situations and government policies. Which would appeal more to immigrants? Great Britain has one of the ...

Work on the “chunnel” (a tunnel under the English Channel) is supposed to start next year, and sometime in 1993 people should be able to go by land between London and Paris in 3 1/2 hours.The ...

LONDON -- More than 2,000 people were stranded beneath the English Channel for up to 16 hours when their Eurostar trains came to a halt in a tunnel, leaving many of them without food, water or any ...

Passengers Safe After Chunnel Fire. This article is from the archive of The New York Sun before the launch of its new website in 2022. The Sun has neither altered nor updated such articles but will ...

Test your geography smarts with this quiz: Q: The Channel Tunnel, or “Chunnel,” is: (A) 18 miles long; (B) 31.4 miles; (C) 52.5 miles. (B) The “Chunnel” beneath the English ...