Channel Tunnel Opens 1994
I remember watching on the news as French and British workers shook hands in a miracle of engineering after having tunnelled all the way underneath the English Channel. They exchanged flags and posed for photographs as Britain prepared itself for an end to its 8,000 year-old isolation. Phillipe Cozette was the lucky man to drill the connecting hole.
The “Chunnel” was later officially opened with pomp and circumstance by the Queen and President Francois Mitterrand. They undertook ceremonies in France, then Britain, heralding a new era in passenger transport to the continent.
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The Chunnel has finally turned a profit after 20 years of operations. It has earnt £800,000 -quite a meagre sum as far as gigantic infrastructure is concerned.