* Source: "Engineering the channel Tunnel"
Related websites[Eurostar]
* Marine rail tunnel north TBM in UK crossover cavern.
* Movement of marine rail tunnel north TBM through UK crossover cavern.
* Folkestone Terminal, aerial view.
* Breakthrough of Marine rail tunnel north TBM in UK.
* Muck train at rear of TBM in UK land running tunnel.
* Shakespeare Cliff site in operation
* Source: "Engineering the channel Tunnel"
* Vehicle limit in Le Shuttle
Gauge |
1,435 mm |
---|---|
Body width |
3.4m (conventional width 3.0m = reduced construction limit) |
Allowable axle load |
16t |
Electrification method |
Single-phase AC 25KV, 60Hz |
For trains only |
・ Reduced load on track boards and bridges |
traffic lights |
Systematization of all train operations |
Reference site: Introduced DS-ATC on the Tohoku / Joetsu Shinkansen[East Japan Railway Company]
Gauge |
1,435 mm |
---|---|
Electrification method |
Single-phase AC 25KV, 50Hz Overhead line type |
substation |
・ Fork strike 132KV |
Electric wire |
The electric system is 3 electric SNCF and submarine tunnel AC 25KV, 50Hz, SNCB DC 3KV and BR DC 750V third rail (these are switched while driving). ・ For conventional lines: 2 electric type (AC 25KV, 50Hz and 1,500V) |
Signal system |
・ Adopts the same TVN430 as the TGV-Northern Europe route |
Body width |
2.8m (applies the vehicle limit of the smallest BR) |
Locomotive |
Induction motor drive with VVVF inverter control using GTO |
Traffic environment |
The area of France is 1.6 times that of Japan, of which the plains are about 80% and the population is half, so the population density of the plains is about one-thirteenth (about the same as Hokkaido). |
Overview of the Japan-Korea Tunnel