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PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Submitted To: Dr. Santanu Roy
Topic: The Undersea Channel Tunnel linking UK with France by Rail
Submitted By:
Aritra Bhaumik Vikas Miglani Anubhav Gaur
INTRODUCTION
The Proposal: Two centuries ago, in 1802, a French mining engineer called Albert Mathieu was the first one to propose a tunnel under the English Channel to link the UK and France. Since that time several proposals have been put forward however none of them could be realized due reasons such as lack of technology or the critical relationship between these two countries. From Napoleon’s time to the mid 19th century, many ideas or proposals for a fixed link appeared. Geotechnical investigations evidenced the presence of Chalk strata adequate for tunneling. French engineer Thomé de Gamond spent most of his life attempting to find practical solutions. In the 1880’s, undersea tunneling actually started at Shakespeare Cliff and Sangatte, but was stopped for political reasons. The nearly 1.8 km dug on each side were found intact in UK (1987) and France (1958). In 1974, a tunnel scheme was stopped for political reasons on British side. In 1979 the European Channel Tunnel Group initiated studies for various private railway tunnel schemes. A competition was organized by the French and British governments in 1985. Four main projects were submitted: Euroroute, a hybrid solution of a bridge-tunnel-bridge, Europont, a suspended bridge, Transmanche Express, four bored tunnels allowing both railway
and road traffics, and Eurotunnel, a rail shuttle service for road vehicles with provision for through trains, using 3 tunnels, two for rail and one for maintenance. The concession to build and operate the Fixed Link across the Channel was awarded on 20th January 1986 to FranceManche and Channel Tunnel Group subsequently to become Eurotunnel (ET) and Transmanche Link (TML) in March 1986.
Scope of the Project: The channel tunnel was project was completed over seven years time, involving...