The movement of trains under the English Channel to fully resume in February
January 19, the company Eurostar reported that 23 Feb., 2009 to fully resume normal movement of trains under the English Channel.
Following the announcement, the railway company, the company Eurotunnel, managing the Channel Tunnel, added that the repair work in the sector of 6 by the end February 10. This will allow Eurostar trains to walk normally between Paris, Brussels and London.
Since that date, a trip between Paris and London, and between Lille and London will take less time - 2ch.15 min. and 1h. 20 min. And the number of passenger trains will increase to 19 trains a day between Paris and London and 10 trains between Brussels and London.
Since February 22, 2009 all Eurostar trains will go on its original schedule.
Recall that the reconstruction work in the tunnel lasted about 5 months after a fire truck on 11 September 2008, at the fire which took almost daily. Experts estimate the final cost of reconstruction of the tunnel will be several hundred million euros.
