What is the Evil Kinevil Ramp and How Does it Connect France and the UK?

[linuxux]

Hey people,

A little question. I know France has trains running from Paris to London England. I was wondering if anyone knew if that train uses some type of underground tunnel or if it uses a bridge and what the name of it is?

I've tried looking for it but its a difficult subject to search, Anyway, thanks.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Yes it's call the Chunnel

 

[leopard]

Trains from USA to the UK

http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/engineering/transatlantictunnel/interactive/interactive.html

 

[linuxux]

Ahhh! Thanks!

 

[redargon]

seriously? a bridge from UK to Europe?! Now that would be cool.

 

[leopard]

Not bridge.

 

[Kurdt]

As Greg points out there is a tunnel running under the English channel commonly known as the Channel tunnel or the Euro tunnel and colloquially as the chunnel.

http://www.eurotunnel.com/ukcP3Main...Infrastructure/ukpChannelTunnelInfrastructure

 

[neu]

I love it when americans say "London England".

Yes it's call the Chunnel

Isn't that some kind of beer bong? I never heard it called the chunnel.

 

[Office_Shredder]

There's also the Evil Kinevil ramp

Located on a 35 degree slope facing the English Channel, situated three quarters of a mile above sea level, trains achieve speeds of 220 miles per hour before launching off the ramp and remaining airborne for upwards of five minutes before landing safely on the French side of the channel

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_Kinevil_Ramp