The tunnel that runs under the English Channel between England and France was closed Tuesday afternoon, cutting off a key link between the European continent and the British Isles. All traffic was ...

The Channel Tunnel is actually three tunnels, each 130 feet beneath the sea bed. One tunnel carries passengers and freight from France to England, while another runs in the opposite direction.

LONDON – A Sudanese man who was arrested after walking through the 31-mile (50-kilometer) Channel Tunnel from France to England has been granted asylum in Britain, lawyers said Monday.

At 31.5 miles long and 246 feet below sea level, the Channel Tunnel between England and France is the longest undersea tunnel in the world Alexandra Schonfeld is a features writer at PEOPLE.

Channel Tunnel links Folkestone in England with Coquelles in northern France. Credit: Billy69150. Eurostar carried 11 million passengers through the tunnel in 2018. Credit: Tom Corser. Channel ...

Last week the cross-Channel dig was back in the news ... in a $700,000 report, that a tunnel through the chalk strata between England and France was both technically and economically feasible.

Although plans to build the channel tunnel were suggested ... Albert Mathieu-Favier proposed an idea for a tunnel between France and England, lit by oil lamps and even mentioning an artificial ...

The Channel Tunnel opened in May 1994 and connects Kent, in southern England, to Calais, in northern France, underneath the sea bed of the English Channel. The 31 mile (50.5km) journey takes just ...

Twitter: @DraperLucy A Sudanese migrant is believed to have walked almost the entire length of the Channel Tunnel from Calais ... request asylum or find work in England." Nord Littoral reported ...

The tunnel that runs under the English Channel between England and France was closed Tuesday afternoon, cutting off a key link between the European continent and the British Isles. All traffic was ...