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Originally Posted by Chrysalis
However the channel tunnel was replacing no line, there is already a line from brmingham to london.
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There were multiple ferry lines between Folkstone/Dover and Calais/Boulogne. The channel crossing time was (still is, by slow ferry) over an hour, compared to a little over half an hour by Eurotunnel.
To discount the channel as a comparison simply because the mode of travel was floating rather than running on rails is rather artificial.