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Trackdown: Die Hard in the Chunnel...
...York Times story a couple weeks ago about the opening of the Chunnel--the wittily named tunnel under the English Channel--reported that the English are disgruntled about the impending arrival of hordes of "garlic-breathed" French. When Francois Mitterand visited Great Britain to participate in the project's ground-breaking ceremony, he was greeted with cries of "Froggy! Froggy! Froggy...
...problem goes deeper. Last week, when news of the Chunnel breakthrough was announced, the Sun, Britain's leading tabloid, cautioned its readers, "It won't be long before the garlic-breathed bastilles will be here in droves once the Channel Tunnel is open." Deep in the British psyche there is a conservatism about ending the island-nation status. Labour Party transport spokesman John Prescott calls this attitude one of England's greatest problems. "We're going to have to be more reoriented toward Europe," he says. In spite of Britain's reservations, when the main breakthrough occurs...
...service tunnel in which last week's breakthrough occurred lies between two larger railroad tunnels, not as close to completion, through which Chunnel traffic will be carried. By the year 2003, an average of 54,500 passengers on the vehicle shuttles and 67,670 passengers on the railway trains are forecast to transit the tunnel daily. The vehicles will be carried on shuttle trains initially running at least every 15 minutes at peak periods and making the crossing in 35 minutes. Alternating will be passenger trains, while freight will trundle through in off-peak hours. For motorists, travel time between...
...have opposed construction and the industrialization that will follow. British road and rail systems -- which include no high-speed equipment -- remain inadequate. Thatcher's government spends only a fraction of France's commitment to improving infrastructure. Many businessmen fear that Britain's failure to take full advantage of the Chunnel link will not make it easier for them to compete in the new Europe...