2000, ISBN: 9781156696910

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters:… Más…

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Channel Tunnel, Eurasian Land Bridge, Variable Gauge, Compagnie Internationale Des Wagons-Lits, Trans-Asian Railway, Uic Classification of Goods Wagons, Northern East West Freight Corridor, Organization for Cooperation of Railways, Uic Class U Special Wagon, Uic Classification of Locomotive Axle Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Channel Tunnel, Eurasian Land Bridge, Variable Gauge, Compagnie Internationale Des Wagons-Lits, Trans-Asian Railway, Uic Classification of Goods Wagons, Northern East West Freight Corridor, Organization for Cooperation of Railways, Uic Class U Special Wagon, Uic Classification of Locomotive Axle Arrangements, Uic Identification Marking for Tractive Stock, International Union of Railways, Suw 2000, Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies, Uic Wagon Numbers, New Eurasian Land Bridge, Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail, North-South Transport Corridor, International Coach Regulations, List of Uic Country Codes, International Wagon Regulations, Cosmopolitan Railway, Land Bridge. Excerpt: The Channel Tunnel (French: Le tunnel sous la Manche ), known colloquially as the Chunnel, is a 50.5-kilometre (31.4 mi) undersea rail tunnel linking Folkestone, Kent near Dover in the United Kingdom with Coquelles, Pas-de-Calais near Calais in northern France beneath the English Channel at the Strait of Dover. At its lowest point it is 75 m (246 ft) deep. At 37.9 km (23.5 mi), the Channel Tunnel has the longest undersea portion of any tunnel in the world, although the Seikan Tunnel in Japan is both longer overall, at 53.85 km (33.46 mi) and deeper, at 240 m (790 ft) below sea level. The tunnel carries high-speed Eurostar passenger trains, Eurotunnel Shuttle roll-on/roll-off vehicle transportthe largest in the worldand international rail freight trains. The tunnel connects end-to-end with the LGV Nord and High Speed 1 high-speed railway lines. In 1996 the American Society of Civil Engineers identified the tunnel as one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World. Ideas for a cross-Channel fixed link appeared as early as 1802, but Books, , International-Rail-Transport~~Books-Llc, 999999999, International Rail Transport, Books Llc, 1156696917, General Books LLC, , , , , General Books LLC<

2000, ISBN: 9781156696910

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters:… Más…

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Channel Tunnel, Eurasian Land Bridge, Variable Gauge, Compagnie Internationale Des Wagons-Lits, Trans-Asian Railway, Uic Classification of Goods Wagons, Northern East West Freight Corridor, Organization for Cooperation of Railways, Uic Class U Special Wagon, Uic Classification of Locomotive Axle Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Channel Tunnel, Eurasian Land Bridge, Variable Gauge, Compagnie Internationale Des Wagons-Lits, Trans-Asian Railway, Uic Classification of Goods Wagons, Northern East West Freight Corridor, Organization for Cooperation of Railways, Uic Class U Special Wagon, Uic Classification of Locomotive Axle Arrangements, Uic Identification Marking for Tractive Stock, International Union of Railways, Suw 2000, Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies, Uic Wagon Numbers, New Eurasian Land Bridge, Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail, North-South Transport Corridor, International Coach Regulations, List of Uic Country Codes, International Wagon Regulations, Cosmopolitan Railway, Land Bridge. Excerpt: The Channel Tunnel (French: Le tunnel sous la Manche ), known colloquially as the Chunnel, is a 50.5-kilometre (31.4 mi) undersea rail tunnel linking Folkestone, Kent near Dover in the United Kingdom with Coquelles, Pas-de-Calais near Calais in northern France beneath the English Channel at the Strait of Dover. At its lowest point it is 75 m (246 ft) deep. At 37.9 km (23.5 mi), the Channel Tunnel has the longest undersea portion of any tunnel in the world, although the Seikan Tunnel in Japan is both longer overall, at 53.85 km (33.46 mi) and deeper, at 240 m (790 ft) below sea level. The tunnel carries high-speed Eurostar passenger trains, Eurotunnel Shuttle roll-on/roll-off vehicle transportthe largest in the worldand international rail freight trains. The tunnel connects end-to-end with the LGV Nord and High Speed 1 high-speed railway lines. In 1996 the American Society of Civil Engineers identified the tunnel as one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World. Ideas for a cross-Channel fixed link appeared as early as 1802, but Books, , International-Rail-Transport~~Books-Llc, , , , , , , , , , General Books LLC<

2011, ISBN: 1156696917

[EAN: 9781156696910], Neubuch, [PU: Books LLC, Wiki Series], Language: english. Print On Demand.

2011, ISBN: 1156696917

[EAN: 9781156696910], Neubuch, [PU: Books LLC, Wiki Series], Language: english. Print On Demand.