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1、The Channel Tunnel History 1802 1875 1882 Albert Mathieu put forward a cross-Channel tunnel proposal The Channel Tunnel Company Ltd began preliminarypriliminri 初步的初步的 trials The Abbots Cliff heading had reached 897 yards (820 m) and that at Shakespeare Cliff was 2,040 yards (1,870 m) in length Janua

2、ry 1975 February 1986 June 1988 December 1988 A UKFrance government backed scheme that started in 1974 was cancelled The Treaty of Canterbury was signed allowing the project to proceed First tunnelling commenced in France UK TBM commenced operation December 1990 May 1994 June 1994 November 1996 The

3、service tunnel broke through under the Channel The tunnel was formally opened by HM The Queen and President Mitterrand Freightfreit 货运货运 and passenger trains commenced operation A fire in a lorry shuttle severely damaged the tunnel November 2007 September 2008 December 2009 High Speed 1, linking Lon

4、don to the tunnel, opened Another fire in a lorry shuttle severely damaged the tunnel Eurostar trains stranded in the tunnel due to melting snow affecting the trains electrical hardware There have been three fires in the Channel Tunnel that were significant enough to close the tunnelall on the heavy

5、 goods vehicle (HGV) shuttlesand other more minor incidents. During an “invitation only” testing phase阶段阶段 on 9 December 1994, a fire broke out in a Ford Escort car whilsthwailst 当当的时候的时候 its owner had been loading it on to the upper deck of a tourist shuttle. The fire started at approximately 10:00

6、 with the shuttle train stationary in the Folkestone terminal and was extinguishedikstiwi 熄灭熄灭 around 40 minutes later with no passenger injuries. On 18 November 1996, a fire broke out on a heavy goods vehicle shuttle wagon货车货车 in the tunnel but nobody was seriously hurt. The exact cause is unknown,

7、 although it was not a Eurotunnel equipment or rolling stock problem; it may have been due to arson:sn 纵火纵火of a heavy goods vehicle. It is estimated that the heart of the fire reached 1,000 C (1,800 F), with the tunnel severely damaged over 46 metres (151 ft), with some 500 metres (1,640 ft) affecte

8、d to some extent. Full operation recommenced six months after the fire. The tunnel was closed for several hours on 21 August 2006, when a truck on an HGV shuttle train caught fire.On 11 September 2008, a fire occurred in the Channel Tunnel at 13:57 GMT. The incident started on a freight-carrying veh

9、icle train travelling towards France. The event occurred 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) from the French entrance to the tunnel. No one was killed but several people were taken to hospitals suffering from smoke inhalation,inhlein吸入吸入, and minor cuts and bruisesbru:z擦伤；青肿擦伤；青肿.The tunnel was closed to all traffic, with the u