when was it completed?
The tunnel was opened in 1994.
Channel Tunnel
The eventual successful project, organised by Eurotunnel, began construction in 1988 and opened in 1994.
what is grayrigg derailment? A fatal railway accident. where did it happen? To the south of Grayrigg, Cumbria, in the North West England region of the United Kingdom. what happened actually? The train derailed at 20:15 at a faulty set of points almost immediately after crossing the Docker Viaduct .The rear half of the train would still have been crossing the bridge whilst the front derailed at the points. what caused it? A report by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch stated that the immediate cause of the accident was the condition of the stretcher bar arrangement at points 2B at Lambrigg crossover, which resulted in the loss of gauge separation of the point switch blades. were there any fatalities? Yes, one . when was the investigation branch created? In 2005. what was the objective? To independently investigate rail accidents in the United Kingdom and the Channel Tunnel in order to find a cause, not to lay blame. where is the tunnel located? Beneath the English Channel at the Strait of Dover.
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Channel Tunnel [SEP] Introduction
Plans to build a cross-Channel fixed link appeared as early as 1802, but British political and media pressure over the compromising of national security had disrupted attempts to build a tunnel. An early unsuccessful attempt at building a tunnel was made in the late 19th century, on the English side, "in the hope of forcing the hand of the English Government". The eventual successful project, organised by Eurotunnel, began construction in 1988 and opened in 1994. Valued at £5.5 billion in 1985, it was at the time the most expensive construction project ever proposed. The cost finally amounted to £9 billion (equivalent to £ billion in ), well over its predicted budget.