Opening remarks: has the Channel Tunnel delivered? Traffic flows and regional impacts after 20+ years
When Eurotunnel was confirmed as the successful bidder for the Cross Channel Fixed Link in 1985 much of the focus was on the forecasts of traffic and the consequences for the neighbouring regions of Kent and Nord-Pas-de-Calais. How long would it take for the tunnel’s capacity to be used up and woul...
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Revue d’histoire des chemins de fer
2022
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| On-line přístup: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Shrnutí: | When Eurotunnel was confirmed as the successful bidder for the Cross Channel Fixed Link in 1985 much of the focus was on the forecasts of traffic and the consequences for the neighbouring regions of Kent and Nord-Pas-de-Calais. How long would it take for the tunnel’s capacity to be used up and would the neighbouring regions profit from the increased traffic or be by-passed by traffic benefitting from lower overall journal times between the main centres of population? The fear of early satura... |
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