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Channel Tunnel Update A Railwaym Magazine Special Supplement
4 PREVIOUS TUNNEL SCHEMES
Earliest ideas for the Tunnel; trial digging in the 1870s; early attempts at boring machinery; military objections; post-war revival; economic benefits; Parliamentary problems.
7 DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROJECT
Post-1975 proposals; the 'Mousehole' plan; Anglo-French Government blessings; competition for the different ideas; approving the Eurotunnel proposals; signing the Treaty; financial arrangements.
8 WHO'S WHO
The roles of British Rail, Eurotunnel and Transmanche-Link participants; make-up of the companies involved; project teams; who will run the trains; sector responsibilities.
9 BUILDING THE TUNNEL
How the boring machines work; lining the tunnels; disposing of the spoil; the construction trains; British and French site access arrangements; 'cut and cover'; cross-connections in the Tunnel.
13 HOW THE TUNNEL WILL OPERATE
The trains that will run through the Tunnel; rolling stock orders; Customs arrangements; facilities at the passenger terminals; loading arrangements; maintenance and overhaul; safety precautions.
15 THE RAILWAY CONNECTIONS
The major European high-speed routes; passenger and freight flows; inland ports; 'Three Capitals' TGV stock; overnight services; the effect of the single European Market.
20 WORK IN PROGRESS
Rates of advance from both sides of the Channel; financial incentives; visiting the workings; a close look at the underground railway systems; seeing the boring machines at work.
23 FURTHER INFORMATION
Visiting the Exhibition Centres at Cheriton and Sangatte; finding out about British Rail's high-speed link; keeping up to date with weekly progress reports.
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