Why Cars Cross the Channel Tunnel Inside Trains

Cars do not drive through the Channel Tunnel. At Folkestone and Coquelles, vehicles enter specialized LeShuttle trains, remain inside enclosed railway carriages, and cross beneath the English Channel in about 35 minutes. This episode reveals why the fixed link was built as a railway system, how its two running tunnels and central service tunnel work together, and what is hidden behind the walls: cross-passages, giant crossover caverns, ventilation, cooling, power, drainage and emergency infrastructure. It also follows the almost two-century path from the first serious proposal in 1802 to the 1994 opening, the eleven tunnel boring machines that attacked the chalk from Britain and France, and the extraordinary precision of the breakthrough beneath the sea. #ChannelTunnel #Eurotunnel #LeShuttle #Engineering #Megaprojects #UnderseaTunnel #Infrastructure #History #TheGoldenAtlas #GoldenAtlas #TravelFacts #WorldCuriosities #AmazingPlaces #IconicPlaces #FamousLandmarks #WorldLandmarks #GeographyFacts #TravelDocumentary #PlacesExplained#CountriesOfTheWorld #TravelDestinations #TouristAttractions #WorldTravel #GlobalTourism #BeautifulPlaces #LuxuryTravel #HiddenDestinations #MustVisitPlaces #TravelHistory#FamousLandmarks #IconicLandmarks #AncientMonuments #HistoricPlaces #WorldHeritage #WorldWonders #HistoricSites #Monuments #ArchitectureHistory #IconicPlaces#AmazingArchitecture #IncredibleBuildings #Megastructures #EngineeringMarvels #ModernArchitecture #ArchitecturalWonders #MegaProjects #BuildingHistory #AmazingEngineering #FutureCities#FailedMegaprojects #AbandonedPlaces #EngineeringFailures #ArchitecturalFailures #FailedProjects #AbandonedBuildings #UrbanExploration #GhostCities #ConstructionFails #DarkTourism#GoldenAtlas #TravelFacts #AmazingPlaces #WorldLandmarks #GeographyFacts#GoldenAtlas #FailedMegaprojects #EngineeringFailures #Megastructures #TravelFacts