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The Channel Tunnel 0001
1.
In 1994 the Queen and President Francois Mitterand performed the tunnel's official opening ceremony in which French port?
Calais
Dieppe
Le Havre
Saint-Malo
2.
What is the name of the high-speed rail service that began running via the tunnel in 1994?
Channelstar
Channeltrain
Eurostar
Eurotrain
3.
Which Paris terminal station is used by trains using the tunnel?
Gare d'Austerlitz
Gare de Lyon
Gare du Nord
Gare Saint-Lazaire
4.
Which new international station in Kent is served by the Channel Tunnel Rail Link?
Ebbsfleet
Northfleet
Southfleet
Thamesfleet
5.
Large TBMs were used in the construction of the tunnel. What is a TBM?
Tube blasting machine
Tube boring machine
Tunnel blasting machine
Tunnel boring machine
6.
The English terminal of the tunnel is in which town in Kent?
Dover
Folkestone
Margate
Ramsgate
7.
The Channel Tunnel actually consists of how many separate tunnels?
2
3
4
5
8.
The tunnel was constructed predominantly through what type of rock?
Chalk
Granite
Limestone
Sandstone
9.
In which year did the tunnel suffer a serious fire, involving the destruction of a locomotive and several HGVs?
1996
1997
1998
1999
10.
What class number did British Rail allocate to the trains constructed to operate the new Channel Tunnel service?
253
273
353
373
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