Channel Tunnel

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The Channel Tunnel is a 50-kilometer undersea rail tunnel linking the United Kingdom and France, serving as a major passenger and freight transport route between the two countries.

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AI-generated illustration of Channel Tunnel

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of the Channel Tunnel (The Channel Tunnel is a 50-kilometer undersea rail tunnel linking the United Kingdom and France, serving as a major passenger and freight transport route between the two countries.)

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How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fixed link ⓘ
international infrastructure project ⓘ
rail tunnel ⓘ
undersea tunnel ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Chunnel ⓘ
linked to: Channel Tunnel
borderCrossingBetween United Kingdom and France ⓘ
connects France ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
constructionEnd 1994 ⓘ
constructionMethod tunnel boring machines ⓘ
constructionStart 1988 ⓘ
country France ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
crosses English Channel seabed ⓘ
electrification 25 kV AC overhead line ⓘ
formerName Eurotunnel ⓘ
linked to: Channel Tunnel
hasComponent north running tunnel ⓘ
service tunnel ⓘ
south running tunnel ⓘ
hasSafetyFeature central service tunnel for evacuation ⓘ
cross-passages between tunnels ⓘ
fire detection and suppression systems ⓘ
ventilation system ⓘ
hasToll yes ⓘ
length about 50.45 kilometres ⓘ
lengthUnderseaSection about 37.9 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn English Channel ⓘ
Strait of Dover ⓘ
lowestPointBelowSeaLevel about 75 metres ⓘ
notUsedBy road vehicles driving independently ⓘ
opened 1994 ⓘ
openedBy President François Mitterrand ⓘ
Queen Elizabeth II ⓘ
linked to: Elizabeth II
openingCeremonyDate 6 May 1994 ⓘ
operator Getlink ⓘ
partOf High-speed rail link between London and continental Europe ⓘ
primaryUse rail freight transport ⓘ
rail passenger transport ⓘ
regulatoryFramework Treaty of Canterbury ⓘ
roadVehiclesTransportedBy shuttle trains ⓘ
significance one of the longest undersea tunnels in the world ⓘ
status in operation ⓘ
terminusIn Coquelles, Pas-de-Calais, France ⓘ
Folkestone, Kent, United Kingdom ⓘ
trackGauge standard gauge ⓘ
treatySigned 1986 ⓘ
usedByService Eurostar ⓘ
Le Shuttle ⓘ
freight trains ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (130)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

English Channel → crossedBy → Channel Tunnel ⓘ
North Downs → transportCorridor → Channel Tunnel rail routes ⓘ
linked to: Channel Tunnel
Channel → crossedBy → Channel Tunnel ⓘ
Channel Tunnel → formerName → Eurotunnel ⓘ
linked to: Channel Tunnel
Channel Tunnel → alsoKnownAs → Chunnel ⓘ
linked to: Channel Tunnel
Strait of Dover → hasSubseaTunnel → Channel Tunnel ⓘ
Strait of Dover → crossedBy → Channel Tunnel ⓘ
Calais → isTerminusOf → Channel Tunnel (French side) ⓘ
linked to: Channel Tunnel
M20 motorway → connectsTo → Channel Tunnel ⓘ
M20 motorway → nearTo → Channel Tunnel terminal at Cheriton ⓘ
linked to: Channel Tunnel
Eurostar → usesInfrastructure → Channel Tunnel ⓘ
Eurostar → crossesVia → Channel Tunnel ⓘ
High Speed 1 → terminus → Channel Tunnel ⓘ
High Speed 1 → connects → Channel Tunnel ⓘ
Hauts-de-France → locatedOnTransportCorridor → Channel Tunnel corridor ⓘ
linked to: Channel Tunnel
French autoroute network → connectsTo → Channel Tunnel ⓘ
United Kingdom road network → linkedBy → Channel Tunnel ⓘ
Pas-de-Calais → contains → Channel Tunnel French terminal ⓘ
linked to: Channel Tunnel
Pas-de-Calais → borderCrossing → Channel Tunnel ⓘ
Getlink → formerName → Eurotunnel ⓘ
linked to: Channel Tunnel
Getlink → operates → Channel Tunnel ⓘ
Getlink → hasSubsidiary → Eurotunnel ⓘ
linked to: Channel Tunnel
Treaty of Canterbury → subject → Channel Tunnel ⓘ
Le Shuttle → operatedBy → Eurotunnel ⓘ
linked to: Channel Tunnel
Le Shuttle → usesInfrastructure → Channel Tunnel ⓘ
Le Shuttle → locatedIn → Channel Tunnel ⓘ
Le Shuttle → operatingTunnel → Channel Tunnel ⓘ
LGV Nord → connects → Channel Tunnel ⓘ
Coquelles → connectedBy → Channel Tunnel ⓘ
Bechtel Corporation → notableProject → Channel Tunnel ⓘ
British railway network → connectsWith → Channel Tunnel ⓘ
Pas de Calais → hasNearbyTunnel → Channel Tunnel ⓘ
Calais-Fréthun railway station → railwayLine → Folkestone–Calais railway ⓘ
linked to: Channel Tunnel
Kent, England → hasTransportLink → Channel Tunnel ⓘ
M20 → connectsTo → Channel Tunnel ⓘ
Stop 24 services → servesTraffic → Eurotunnel ⓘ
linked to: Channel Tunnel
British Rail Class 373 → operatesOn → Channel Tunnel ⓘ
London–Paris → usesInfrastructure → Channel Tunnel ⓘ
London–Paris → crossesVia → Channel Tunnel ⓘ
London–Paris → usesTunnel → Channel Tunnel ⓘ
London–Lille → usesInfrastructure → Channel Tunnel ⓘ
London–Avignon → borderCrossing → Channel Tunnel ⓘ
London–Marseille → usesInfrastructure → Channel Tunnel ⓘ
London–Lyon → usesInfrastructure → Channel Tunnel ⓘ
London–Brussels → usesInfrastructure → Channel Tunnel ⓘ
London–Brussels → usesTunnel → Channel Tunnel ⓘ
Kent coastal services → connectsTo → Channel Tunnel area near Folkestone ⓘ
linked to: Channel Tunnel