The world's longest tunnel

The world's longest tunnel#162127

By darwin dali - 12 Oct 09, 16:36

- 12 Oct 09, 16:36#162127

http://tinyurl.com/yjcnbpd

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Re: The world's longest tunnel#162130

By Gilles 27 - 12 Oct 09, 16:38

- 12 Oct 09, 16:38#162130

http://tinyurl.com/yjcnbpd

As long as it gets rid of those epic traffic jams, I'll be impressed :thumbup:

Re: The world's longest tunnel#162132

By headless - 12 Oct 09, 16:39

- 12 Oct 09, 16:39#162132

The world's longest tunnel - the one I am in at the moment

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Re: The world's longest tunnel#162203

By darwin dali - 12 Oct 09, 18:21

- 12 Oct 09, 18:21#162203

The world's longest tunnel - the one I am in at the moment

There's light at the end of the tunnel

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Re: The world's longest tunnel#162239

By Jabberwocky - 12 Oct 09, 19:50

- 12 Oct 09, 19:50#162239

lets hope it is better than the chunnel

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Re: The world's longest tunnel#162374

By Gilles 27 - 13 Oct 09, 09:45

- 13 Oct 09, 09:45#162374

what's wrong with the Chanel Tunnel? It mean we can get out of Britain more easily :thumbup:

Re: The world's longest tunnel#162377

By Selcouth_Feline - 13 Oct 09, 10:05

- 13 Oct 09, 10:05#162377

There was a program on terrestrial TV on this tunnel recently over here. http://demand.five.tv/Episode.aspx?epis ... 5143120001 (don't know if the link works outside of the UK or not)

Basically looks at five other tunnels in history where key inventions were made which have all helped move technology forward allowing this tunnel to be built. Fascinating stuff (even if UI find the voiceover man really irritating!)

Re: The world's longest tunnel#162417

By darwin dali - 13 Oct 09, 14:26

- 13 Oct 09, 14:26#162417

There was a program on terrestrial TV on this tunnel recently over here. http://demand.five.tv/Episode.aspx?epis ... 5143120001 (don't know if the link works outside of the UK or not)

Basically looks at five other tunnels in history where key inventions were made which have all helped move technology forward allowing this tunnel to be built. Fascinating stuff (even if UI find the voiceover man really irritating!)

UK audience only

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Re: The world's longest tunnel#162432

By bud - 13 Oct 09, 15:29

- 13 Oct 09, 15:29#162432

all that to save one hour.... :confused:

Re: The world's longest tunnel#162434

By Gilles 27 - 13 Oct 09, 15:34

- 13 Oct 09, 15:34#162434

It'll save about 12 hours journey time if it means those bloody traffic jams stop happening :banghead:

Re: The world's longest tunnel#162466

By Jabberwocky - 13 Oct 09, 18:41

- 13 Oct 09, 18:41#162466

what's wrong with the Chanel Tunnel? It mean we can get out of Britain more easily

good point but it also means Sangatte refugee camp people get in easier.

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Re: The world's longest tunnel#162527

By darwin dali - 13 Oct 09, 22:37

- 13 Oct 09, 22:37#162527

all that to save one hour....

The impact is far greater though: the Swiss railway system is very interdependent and very timely, proverbially so. The change in time required for that railway line will affect (and improve) scheduling throughout the entire train system.
Also, don't forget the environmental benefits with lots of polluting 40-ton trucks going off the roads.

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Re: The world's longest tunnel#162558

By Rivelution - 14 Oct 09, 01:57

- 14 Oct 09, 01:57#162558

Thats awesome, I would think it would get boring traveling in it though? I mean you'll be looking at nothing for a long time.

But damn Europeans. I'm so jealous of their trains, I wish we had high speed rail here in the states.

Look at that, that looks so beautiful and I bet its convenient as hell.

Re: The world's longest tunnel#162568

By Selcouth_Feline - 14 Oct 09, 10:16

- 14 Oct 09, 10:16#162568

But damn Europeans. I'm so jealous of their trains

Don't be jealous of the UK's though. Most of ours suck. I think the only on time train I've seen recently was a steam train.

Re: The world's longest tunnel#162573

By Gilles 27 - 14 Oct 09, 10:39

- 14 Oct 09, 10:39#162573

what's wrong with the Chanel Tunnel? It mean we can get out of Britain more easily

good point but it also means Sangatte refugee camp people get in easier.

Bring em on! We're all citizens of the world! :grouphug:

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