What is special about the Chunnel?

Answer 1

The most important fact is that no one calls the Channel Tunnel the Chunnel. This is a name thought up by the media when the tunnel was being dug. It is just referred to as the Channel Tunnel or the Tunnel.

Answer 2

The Chunnel is a name that was sometimes used for the Channel Tunnel before it was built.

The Channel Tunnel an underwater railway tunnel that links the United Kingdom with France, it runs underneath the Strait of Dover. It is 50.45 Km long.

The Channel Tunnel is owned and operated by a company known as 'Eurotunnel'.

The Channel Tunnel, consists of three tunnels that were created using a TBM (tunnel boring machine) and runs below the seabed of the English Channel. Two of the tunnels are full sized and accommodate rail traffic. In between the two train tunnels is a smaller service tunnel that serves as an emergency escape route. There are also two "cross-over" passages which allow trains to switch from one track to another. One year after it opened, its design was put to the test when thirty one people were trapped in a fire which started in a train coming from France. Everyone was able to escape through the service tunnel.