Border geo-coordinates: 51.014928, 1.496613 [Open on OpenStreetMap, OpenRailwayMap]
Status: Operational
#CrossBorderRail assessment: Active passenger line - visited by 🚆
Date(s) visited during #CrossBorderRail project: 08/09/2023
Core Data
Track gauge: 1435 mm
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Max speed: km/h
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Number of tracks: 2
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Electrification: 25kV/50Hz~
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Train control system: TVM 430
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European Commission Political Assessment
Importance to border region: Medium
Importance to countries concerned: High
Importance to TEN-T network: High
TEN-T corridor: North Sea - Mediterranean
European Commission Administrative Data
Infrastructure manager: Eurotonnel [FR]; Eurotunnel [UK]
Language of operation: ?
Competent authorities for PSO passenger services: Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport [IE]; Department for Transport [UK]
Railway undertaking(s): Eurostar International Limited [FR]; Eurostar International Limited [UK]
Ministry of transport: Ministère de la Transition écologique et solidaire [FR]; Department for Transport [UK]
European Commission Historical Data
Inauguration: 1994
Closure: -
Passenger services: 0 / 102 / 140 / -
Length of cross border section: 51 km
Average speed of cross border section: 160 km/h
Daily passenger flow: 28569