Bear in mind that the distance is very short and people use to ferry or hovercraft their cars across. Even now those ferries are the best cost option I believe.
Most people I know have used the 'people train' as opposed to the vehicle carrying one (can't remember the names, sorry!) Everyone remembers the end of concorde - however there was another world record breaker that stopped recently too - the hovercraft service to france. The biggest and fastest way for the public to travel across water. Everyone remembers concord but not these magnificent beasts. From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [USMA:47813] The Chunnel Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 23:58:25 -0500 I posted the following comment on UKMA's Metric Views blog: As I pondered the latest metric news from the UK and the government's statements about imperialization, I wondered: what about the Chunnel? In one sense, Great Britain is no longer an island. There is a ground connection between it and continental Europe. Since the opening of that remarkable tunnel across the channel, hasn't there been increased pressure on the UK to complete highway metrication, that pressure being in the form of a flow of motorists and other transport from Spain, France, Germany, et al.? _________________________________________________________________ http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/197222280/direct/01/ Do you have a story that started on Hotmail? Tell us now
