How does the EuroTunnel work? | What to expect? Car/Train Trip 🚊 to France

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courworld

Жыл бұрын

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@MikeySlou 10 ай бұрын

I always thought they could drive through the tunnel. Wow 😂

@JeanEDeaux 10 ай бұрын

I thought you just took an underwater train¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I had no idea the entire car came along for the trip.

@courworld 7 ай бұрын

Definitely more efficient and safer on the train!

@ElonHusky 6 ай бұрын

I thought i can fly

@Mr_Nobody640 4 ай бұрын

Me too.😅

@qwertyTRiG 3 ай бұрын

@JeanEDeaux There are city-to-city high-speed passenger trains (operated by Eurostar), and also the car trains which operate only in the tunnel itself, being too tall for normal train tracks (operated by EuroTunnel).

@Manu-Official Жыл бұрын

Prices went up and service went down. Pro tip: don't book anywhere near peak times, and don't miss the trip or you don't get a refund. Get an air quality monitor down there and be scared to breathe. (I worked for them)

@courworld Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing and hope you’re having a great weekend!

@Manu-Official 10 ай бұрын

@@courworld Thank, also don't buy a flexiplus ticket, it's pretty much an expensive trick rather that a real advantage.

@user-us6xb2er5b 7 ай бұрын

My train was delayed 7 Hrs

@sonja_rademacher 27 күн бұрын

Is it safe though?

@anactualalpaca7016 9 ай бұрын

Cars inside a train going under the ocean..we live in a science fiction movie and nothing will convince me otherwise

@MadridTTV 8 ай бұрын

🤣🤣

@courworld 7 ай бұрын

Science fiction becoming fact is crazy-cool!

@rhincodontypus3830 Ай бұрын

Why isn’t the idea of car carrying train more widely adopted?

@Dollydoodldpotnoodle 6 ай бұрын

This is on my bucket list I’ve always wanted to do this

@dxfan18 11 ай бұрын

I had a teacher who helped build the Channel tunnel, he said it took them an hour and a half to return to the surface

@courworld 11 ай бұрын

Wow that’s really deep. It can be claustrophobic if you think too much about it.

@Manu-Official 11 ай бұрын

I have a friend who helped build the tunnel. Said they regularly stole tools to buy new ones at inflated prices and someone pocketed the cash in between. They would also smoke ''fat ones'' down there...

@user-rt7kl6ir4d Ай бұрын

Next one from Gibraltar 🇬🇮 to Tanger 🇲🇦 connecting Europe with Africa 🌍 🤲🏼👌🏽

@icanspelle6050 10 ай бұрын

Womankind? My dude was so scared he offended someone lmao

@courworld 10 ай бұрын

Never scared… just human beings considered collectively.

@roberttimmothy 8 ай бұрын

Haha 😅

@Sunflowercircle77 6 ай бұрын

@@courworld❤

@MiniatureLoaf 5 ай бұрын

God you people always think everyone is offended

@GenericUsername1388 3 ай бұрын

It's not that deep

@shaun5944 Жыл бұрын

I found it very clostrophobic

@chicka-chickaslimcheyney2914 4 ай бұрын

Claustrophobic

@tolgawalsh7774 8 ай бұрын

I wouldn’t say ocean 🤣 but yeah the channel

@Pellija4321 7 ай бұрын

1st décember 1990 handscaking betwenn France and UK A real techincal shutle with the pression of the sea

@SirSidi 5 ай бұрын

it's just a strait, a sea if you want, but not an ocean

@catgladwell5684 10 күн бұрын

It is funny the way Americans call every bit of sea water the ocean. It's a bit of a stretch to see La Manche/the English Channel as one though.

@Hypee123 4 ай бұрын

My first impression is it was so expensive cuz I went ever since 2021 with train but in 2023 it was so expensive we took the Irish ferries from England to cross the channel to calais 😂😂😂

@MichaeljRanger Жыл бұрын

Not quite an Ocean....... It's the English Channel.

@methylenedioxymethamphetame Жыл бұрын

the english channel is literally in the ocean genius

@courworld Жыл бұрын

Its actually a narrow arm of the Atlantic Ocean.

@cheekyuk7785 11 ай бұрын

I was thinking more under the sea rather than under the ocean

@jessiex6715 Ай бұрын

Do you have a full video for this? I’m taking my kids in half term x

@courworld Ай бұрын

Unfortunately not, but it’s really well organised and the terminal on arrival has places to eat, toilets etc. Hope you have a great trip!

@dimaztri19 4 ай бұрын

I thought it was like a any other tunnel just underwater, but it is actually a train for your car??

@KyrilPG Ай бұрын

Yes, there are several types of trains : Eurostar high-speed trains running from Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, etc. to and from London. They run at 300kph outside the tunnel (186mph) and up to 160kph (100mph) in the tunnel. Eurotunnel "le Shuttle" trains for cars, RV's, busses, etc. These ones are gigantic, half mile long trains, and only run between the two terminals on each side of the Channel. Eurotunnel lorry shuttles, just as long as the car trains, they carry semi trucks, lorries, etc. They also only run between the two Eurotunnel terminals. And finally, freight trains that run between the UK and continental Europe. In fact, there are 3 tunnels, the 2 main ones each having one railway track for each direction ; and between them is the smaller service tunnel for evacuations and maintenance. A road tunnel would have been a safety nightmare... Plus, the unpredictability of the human behavior at such depth would make a road tunnel impossible to operate. It would also have needed several lanes in each direction to barely even remotely approach the capacity of one single track rail tunnel. The tunnels being dug in a very specific soil layer, they aren't straight at all : they turn, twist, dive and climb continuously. You barely feel it in the trains, but drivers would panic if they were at the wheel.

@Trxillyx333 7 ай бұрын

Be honest mate a women wasn’t standing on the road side filling in cement for the euro tunnel and that’s okay to say 😂😂

@courworld 7 ай бұрын

Never say never 😉

@Ddirhdm233 10 ай бұрын

omg my mum would offer me to go anyway

@courworld 7 ай бұрын

Super fun!

@adognamedsight 10 ай бұрын

It says no photographs on the wall somewhere

@courworld 7 ай бұрын

Must have missed the no photography rule!

@storageone3376 6 ай бұрын

Tectonis moves:

@Jayden133 Жыл бұрын

eurotunnel🚇

@itzsrayg5851 3 ай бұрын

Actually only engineer kind US

@D4rk3mperor 7 ай бұрын

Hey thats my dads car your behind when we went to france!

@courworld 7 ай бұрын

What are the odds… its a small world!

@patriciasantiago2341 9 ай бұрын

The car inside a train going underground is a pretty cool, however, here in NYC we have about three underground water tunnels so it’s not a big deal.

@alberto6169 9 ай бұрын

Yeah, only this tunnel is three times as deep and 50 Kms (31.35 miles) long lmao But then again I doubt you even know what the English channel is

@courworld 7 ай бұрын

That’s very true although the scale of NYC tunnels is tiny in comparison to this. Very cool videos on KZfaq on the building of it which is worth a watch.

@christopher7804 6 ай бұрын

No one asked.. and also this tunnel crosses a freakin ocean not a mere water tunnel

@Brotatochip6507 5 ай бұрын

Wouldn’t it make more sense just to take the train there without the car?

@courworld 5 ай бұрын

Some people need the car for work or exploring. It’s much cheaper to drive your own rather than renting.

@NINEVRS Жыл бұрын

My dad work there

@courworld Жыл бұрын

Excellent! We enjoyed our journey 🙏

@samahmad8203 6 ай бұрын

How much does it cost to

@sonja_rademacher 27 күн бұрын

Depends on the time you're traveling. I payed 373 Euros (about 400 US Dollars or 315 GB Pounds) from England to France and back, one car, 2 people.

@Thuds593 Ай бұрын

Let’s face it no woman built this 😂

@timmy-wj2hc Ай бұрын

They will take credit for it. All Human Civilizations have been built by MEN.

@mrmouse5114 23 күн бұрын

It's not ocean it's the sea lol noobs

@tombaja4.9 10 ай бұрын

How much is it?

@courworld 10 ай бұрын

Varies, check out www.eurotunnel.com

@sonja_rademacher 27 күн бұрын

2 people, one car to GB and back is between 200 and 400 Euros, depending on the date and time. 215 to 430 US Dollars.

@naimjonyunusov4174 10 ай бұрын

Darcy, you are very beautiful, I fell in love with you.

@courworld 7 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@Stu-Pid861 8 ай бұрын

“We’re in the car under the ocean”🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I guess it sound better than “we’re in a train, in our car, under the English Channel.” And fella, you forgot to include transgender kind and non binary kind and I’m soooooo offended I’m calling the cops coz it’s an act of violence towards me.

@courworld 8 ай бұрын

😂😂😂 well said!

@simianwarthog Жыл бұрын

its the stupidest thing. WHy dont the cars just drive through? Instead they put a train in the way.

@courworld Жыл бұрын

I guess it to avoid breakdowns, crashes etc

@NINEVRS Жыл бұрын

I'll ask my dad or he works in a diff one I'll ask him tho

@Lorre982 Жыл бұрын

Because if you go whit a car or lorry you produce co2 and to elimatet co2 you need specific pump suck it out, an elettric train bring more people whitout generating air co2, moreover the train run in the tunnel at 160kmh (lot quik and fast tha a regular car)

@shaun5944 Жыл бұрын

Yes, good question ❓

@jonrodrigues1 11 ай бұрын

Eurotunnel supposedly cost over £20 billion in today's money to build. Imagine if they wouldn't have put a rigorous safety control measure in place. Consider an accident, a collision, emergency rescue, congestions, a vehicle explosion inside the eurotunnel and ciao hasta la vista baby👋 By using the train the like hood of any of that happening while parked inside the train/engines off, pretty much that risk seize to exist