Why was the channel tunnel made?

Answer 1

With ever-increasing travel between the U.K. and France, there simply was no way for all those cars and people to be carried on slow ferries. Even the faster hovercraft couldn't handle the number of travellers, and in any case hovercraft are rather energy-inefficient.

Rail transport is hands down the most efficient way to move goods and people, and with recent upgrades to rails on the British side the trip from one capital to the other can be made at speeds of up to 300 km/hr.

It takes 2 hours 15 minutes from London to Paris by train via the Channel Tunnel. More passengers travel from London to Paris by train than by air.

Answer 2

The Channel Tunnel (or Chunnel) was constructed for economic reasons. It is cheaper and relatively easier to put people, vehicles and goods on a train to get them across the English Channel than to fly them or put them on ships. The joint venture by the English and the French marked the realization of a dream that has been part of the historical record for hundreds of years.

Answer 3

In 2000 Denmark and Sweden were connected for the first time when they opened a bridge and tunnel system linking the two countries. Source: The World and its People text book.

ADDED: With respect, that's not what the question asks.

The 'Chunnel' is a compound name that has largely fallen out of favour, specifically of the 'Channel Tunnel', i.e. the railway tunnel below the English Channel, linking France and England.

What "allowed" its construction in human terms was a blend of political will, ready investors and sufficient technical expertise. Nature "allowed" it by benign geology: most of the hole was drilled through a deep bed of dense, dry, clay-like material called 'marl', and the ramps from the surface are mainly through Chalk.

Answer 4

The Chunnel was Bulit for transportation to and from Great Britan and France

Answer 5

To provide a high speed rail link between London and Paris and Brussels.

Answer 6

To provide a connection between Britain and Europe that didn't involve ships.

Answer 7

it was built so it could be easier and quicker at transporting pips and goods along france and england