American Reacts to the English Channel Tunnel
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
- In the past I have heard about how people in Britain enjoy traveling to Europe, and I just assumed they all flew by plane or took a ship. It has come to my attemtion that there is an enormous tunnel connecting England to France that I was never aware of, so today I am very excited to learn all about the English channel tunnel. If you enjoyed the video feel free to leave a comment, like, or subscribe for more!
Except the photo you are looking at at 01:37 is of the Oresund bridge and tunnel, not the Channel Tunnel. Oresund bridge (between Denmark and Sweden) is also a true technical marvel, but it's 874.34 km (543.29 miles) away from the one you thought you are looking at.
The difference is quite easy to spot for someone who has traveled on/through one of the them actually. The entrances on both ends of the Channel tunnel are on land, relatively far from the coast. You get to the terminal on one side, you drive your car into that special cargo train, the train drives into the tunnel which has an entrance about 3 km (2 miles from the seashore) on the UK side and about 6 km (almost 4 miles) on the French side and in 20ish minutes it resurfaces on a train terminal on the other side. You travel between the UK and France without actually seeing the sea at all. You can smell the salty sea air where the terminals are, but that's about it.
When traveling over the Oresund Brige let's say in the direction from Denmark to Sweden (= going east), one first has to drive into a motorway tunnel on the Danish side, right behind the Copenhagen Airport, the tunnel then descends under the sea level and resurfaces again on a small man-made island in the sea about 1/3 of the width of the strait. That's why it has that funny symmetric shape. And on that island you emerge from the tunnel and drive up the bridge itself and on it cross over the remaining 2/3 of the width of the strait over to Sweden. Amazing construction as well, but it's a different one.
I wondered why he was looking at the Oresund Bridge as well. How strange.
I recognise it because I watched the Scandi Noir series, Bron | Broen.
Thank you for this. I was having a worry that I was developing dementia asI didn’t remember it being like that!
I was a surveyor on the original site investigation in 1965 we had drilling rigs across the route to find the correct depth in the marle in the chalk layers.
oh people in th us are so stupid
@@GWAYGWAY1 The original site investigation being where?
It's a bit surprising that you are shocked by the idea of underwater tunnels, mate. The Holland Tunnel in NY is almost a hundred years old. NY also has the Lincoln Tunnel. The tunnel linking San Francisco with Oakland is almost 6km long and was built 60 yrs ago. The combined tunnel and bridge linking Virginia's two shores on the Chesapeake has a combined length of almost 30km. You need to get out more, mate. 😂
Great point, fella. 😉
i think most americans know aout the chunnle at least.
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Strangely, so MANY don't! I have been to the US often, also the Caribbean, plus several other places where I have met Americans and have been amazed just how few know of it... 'JUST' before Covid, in Barbados, we were chatting with an American couple and during the conversation the guy actually said something like (I'm paraphrasing) "It would be great if they could build a bridge from England to France, it can't be that far (?), when looking at a map... How far is it?" - DUH!
At first I thought he was joking, but no, he was absolutely serious - NO IDEA we were joined to Europe by a tunnel... 🤔😲
@@stewedfishproductions7959 america is very navie about things outside their bubble.being proud and valuing their way of life to the fullest they simple don't care about things that don't affect them,this is in part helped by a media that only portrays american interest and wants that to be the global narrative.of course this is a generalisation and like in this video there are people who wish to know more.the problem is years of being guided in how to think has held back exploring alternative ideologies.this is not meant to offend,just give understanding why some things just don't appear on americans radars.
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Absolutely right... 👍
The channel tunnel is decades old, which is likely the reason it's not talked about much, it's not a new accomplishment, it has been active for decades and is a very convenient way to cross the channel, it connects London to three other capital cities Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam. If you want another UK - Europe fact, you can see Dover from Calais in France, and potentially vice-versa, the distance is around 20 miles which would normally not be able to see each other but due to the elevation of the cliffs on the Dover side, it is quiet possible on a clear day to see Dover from Calais, Calais is harder to see from Dover but it's not impossible.
I grew up in Dover and on a clear day. you can see Calais from the cliffs.
I am German but I was living in England so I used the Eurotunnel like 5 times a year. It is not cheap but it is very convenient. The whole process including buying a ticket, boarding and travelling takes about 1 hour max (well if you don't travel during a LeMans weekend what I once did). Why are you afraid that it is underwater? Rocks are usually heavier than water and I am sure you drive through tunnels that have rock above your head ;-)
When you said that the tunnel from the U.K. goes all the way to Europe,please tell me which continent you believe the U.K. is part of.!!! Love..as always,Jo.xx
Lol, its only been around for like 30 years and in all thattime you never heard about it 😆 It is actually known about by quite a few Americans, its also been referenced in quite a few movies too, including Oceans 13.. When they use that undergorund drilling machine to shake the foundations of the hotel, they specifically say "this was the drill used to dig the channel tunnel"
Most people in the US have never heard of the Channel Tunnel because I’ve seen some really puzzled responses in TH-cam comments whenever anyone mentions getting a train from the UK to France 😂
It's cool riding my motorbike through the train. It's quite surreal! 👍🏻😬
Very handy been a few years but when you’re following Englands national team around for a World Cup/euros jump on a coach (private bus) drive to Folkestone drive on to the train 45min later drive off in France
In the first movie Mission Impossible, there war a scene in the Tunnel with a helicopter.
OMG Hard to believe you are unaware of this.
my dad help build the channel tunnel and did up the wittiker machine that had to be dug out .
That tunnel that disappears underwater at the start is between Denmark and Sweden, the entrances to the Chunnel are both on land!!
Just think, in the US you have basically no public transport - in the rest of the world we have public transport between countries and under oceans
and to think, we've only had under water tunnels here in the Us for 100 years. lol
@@PhxVanguard In Europe too, the London underground crosses the Thames, in Paris, the metro crosses the Seine rivers ...
But the difference is that the Eurotunnel is the longest underwater INTERNATIONAL tunnel in the world, dug under the sea bed.
@@PhxVanguard there's a bit of a difference between a tunnel crossing under a river and a tunnel under 31 miles of sea.
America is so far behind Europe is so many ways.
@@PhxVanguard uk also had the worlds first underwater tunnel
The photo you showed at the beginning and end of the video is not the Channel Tunnel. Rather, its where the Oresund bridge between Denmark and Sweden has to enter a tunnel to stay out of the way of planes taking off from or landing at Copenhagen airport. The island with the tunnel entrance on it is entirely manmade just for that purpose.
The other British/French collaboration was in the glorious supersonic plane, called Concorde. Have you heard of her?
I believe it took a while for concorde to be allowed to fly to America, I believe the Americans didn't want it flying there, probably because they had nothing to do with the production of such an amazing piece of technology 😂
@@davebirch1976 The Americans were trying to build their own version of Concorde in fact they were trying to build two versions Lockheed L2000, and Boeings 2707. But Concorde beat both to market, and hence the market fell out for alternatives to Concorde. I remember reading something about the FAA stalling approval of Concorde, in a attempt to keep the Lockheed and Boeing projects alive, but ultimately failed.
@@CraigThomas1983 makes you wonder what would have happened if they had been built, would all planes now be supersonic?
@@davebirch1976no supersonic flight is exceptionaly expensive. Concorde seats were about £6000 each and it was tiny inside.
@@Mean-bj8wp if it had become more mainstream, and there had been other choices other than concorde, maybe it could have become cheaper over time, if flights are quicker, it could mean companies need less planes to cover journeys, especially shorter distances meaning it could have made it cheaper, perhaps it was a case of it was just a bit ahead of it's time.
No one tell him about the time the Dutch drained a sea and turned it into land
that's pretty much how the majority of south florida was built up.
@@PhxVanguard yea but its underwater again lol. dutch water defenses are the best in the world and there are proposals to build a dam all the way to the UK. you should check it out. very impressive
I think the Dutch were called for their expertise all over the world where they were facing the same problem.
What a load of polders.
@@chrisyoung9653 Miami is underwater? 😂😂
I live a few minutes drive from the tunnel. I’ve been through quite a few times, both by car and as a foot passenger on Eurostar. Fast,comfortable, quiet, effortless, efficient. I used to get home from work at 5:30, drive down to the tunnel, go across for £1 (friends and family ticket for staff members), nip to City Europe, fill the car boot with cheap beer, wine, and of course some baguettes,fill the car up with cheap fuel, head back and be at home in time for Eastenders on TV 😂
Bless him!! American ignorance (!). Always entertaining though.
In any American movie which involves a school, have you ever seen them learn anything apart from football, cheerleading or getting accepted into Alpha Beta dorm lol
@@marcushull12 i
Britain also built the world's first underwater tunnel, constructed beneath the River Thames in London, by Marc Isambard Brunel, father of Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
In Greenwich, there is also a small pedestrian tunnel crossing the Thames. It was opened in 1902.
I think that first underground tunnel now carries the (ironically) Overground trains (Prev the East London (Underground) Line) north-south, every 3 mins...
I think most Brits would be embarrassed to display such overt lack of knowledge.
Surely you are joking. Feigning ignorance about the existence of the English Channel.
Isambard was also the person behind the shielding technique that was later replicated by tunnel boring machines
That first photo looks more like the Øresund Bridge (part bridge, part tunnel, with the two parts meeting on a man-made island) that links Malmø in Sweden with Copenhagen in Denmark. The Channel Tunnel is only visible at its entrances, and you can't just drive through it.
BTW, no one calls it the "Chunnel" any more (apart from Americans)!
Indeed it is - as featured in "The Bridge" (Broen/Bron) Scandi noir crime series.
Yes , the photos at the beginning and end are the Oresund Bridge/tunnel which is also an engineering triumph. I think that this video could be better, must be better ones out there.
I haven't heard "Chunnel" in 2 decades lol
No, "chunnel" is very 90s early 2000s, no longer used. Eurotunnel or channel tunnel are the usual terms today. And the shuttle or le shuttle for the vehicle trains.
@mavadelo I think the word "Chunnel" was used as a quirky marketing term when the tunnel was first being built and publicised! It soon dropped from general use once it opened though. The only time I hear the word used these days is when American travel vloggers feature it in their videos!
Never fails to amaze me when you see the reactions of Americans when they take a look outside the American bubble they live in. Great and yes typical reaction Tyler, great video and please keep learning. 👍
I’m not kidding but I once watched an American react video. Where she reacted to things about the UK. At one point in the video she literally said “huh? they have industry in the UK” and looked confused.
Not only did the Industrial Revolution begin in the UK. But the daftest thing was she said that after seeing a tractor on a farm.
I genuinely thought we still used horse drawn ploughs here.
Oh yeah I unsubscribed to their channel after that. But I did see a clip making fun of her go viral.
When she was reacting to Eurovision and thought it was racist to name a country Montenegro.
@@JarlGrimmToys She sounds awful .
Ah .. sounds like Favour Abraca or similar surname, from Texas. She amazed me when she said she alwatsxears and uses her phone when driving and thought it wrong that we are not allowed to use our phones in hand whilst driving. David sounded genuinely shocked at the name of Montenegro... I even saw Evan Edinger (from New Jersey but now living and working here in London UK and he has even become a UK citizen too). He was shocked at David's reactions . I learn just as much from watching his little some Americans know about "the rest of the world" than from the videos that they react to .. There us one reactor (JT from Kentucky) who I try to not watch as regularly as Tyler, Ryan, Steve or Evan etc, as JT SHOUTS SO LOUDLY !! He knows as his followers tell him but he finds it "HARD TO BELIEVE ¿!!" 🤔
It’s fkkin ridiculous right? How can they go around thinking they live in the testers country in the world? Because they know nothing about anywhere else in the world 😂 so insular, so backwards for a first world country to be that insular and blinkered…
As a truck driver I used this tunnel twice a week, after you parked the truck you were taken by bus to the restaurant car where initially you were given a meal, then at the other side the bus would take you back to your truck; this process took 45 minutes, the length of the legal break, so when you left the terminal you could immediately drive your next shift.
I always preferred the ferry. You could get a really good meal at the truck drivers only restaurant "Le Routiers"
@Shoomer1988 yeah and a shower!!
The ferry takes more time and doesn't go that often, but the cost mostly is much lower. So as a tourist with time I chose that option.
But you hade to make sure you were not carrying "extra" cargo.
Who knew?.... Well sort of just about everyone in Europe 😂 Glad you enjoyed it, I use the ferry because I find the tunnel too expensive, and it's actually taking longer by tunnel at the moment because of the extra post-Brexit checks. But, it is a great piece of engineering and shows what can be achieved when countries work together instead of bickering like little kids. It probably worked even better because it was done by private companies and not governments.
And everyone in Australia
And Canada.@@Jeni10
I remember when the tunnels met, it was televised as French and English workers shook hands through the tunnel, was really emotional and a massive achievement
I think that was the first time British and French met each other in the middle of the Channel and smiled at each other. (Altho the French still insist on calling it the wrong name).
Yeah, I remember watching that in November or December 1990.
@@mikefraser4513what do the French call it?
This video really proves that Americans really know nothing about countries outside of the states, he's never heard of it even though its 30 years old next year, although if the tunnel had been designed and dug by Americans he'd have known about it, in fact the whole world would have known about it 😂
No, he wouldn't have known about it even if Americans had made it. His lack of basic knowledge about even his own country is shocking, other than if he's trolling.
@@patrickw123 I agree. Every time I see this moron, I am amazed at his total lack of knowledge on almost any topic. He is correct on one thing though.......................................he is a typical American!
Shall we tell him about the Panama Canal? 😄
@@micade2518 Ha! 😂
Ignorance is bliss ... ;o)
Taking the Eurostar high speed train from St. Pancras International station in central London through the channel tunnel and arriving at the Gare du Nord railway station in the centre of Paris is smooth, seamless, comfortable and efficient. The shuttle for cars is good too, but not quite as glamorous as it feels like you are in some kind of big sardine tin(!) and it only takes you to the other side of the English Channel, not all the way to Paris. Used both services many times and it still seems like a complete marvel of engineering.
It's much better than flying if you are a pedestrian. It brings you to the Gare du Nord in central Paris. I've been on it lots of times.
I used it all the time when I lived in Paris, I drove there when I moved using the tunnel, then my car was basically parked for two years! From that point on if I needed to get to the UK I'd take the passenger version. When I finaly returned to the UK, me, my car and my belongings all returned via the tunnel again :D
yah, flying as a pedestrian, before the invention of the modern parachute you had to get really well padded before you got in the trebuchet.
City center to city center like that has got to be fantastic.
Never heard of it?
Wow! Even by American standards of ignorance, that's unbelievable.
Those of us who were old enough to be able to form memories in the early 90s know about the Chunnel. It was all over the news and I was only 14 at the time. I still remember that photograph when they held the French and UK flags when they first connected the excavations from both sides.
I remember in 1986 when it was announced that this had been agreed. Lots of people were not keen on the idea. We'd got used to the idea by the time it opened.
its not underwater, its under the ground under the water.
Under the water you say?
@@addison_reilly5904Just semantics at this point
But what’s under the under the ground under the water, though? 🤔 I guess that would just be the Earth’s mantle
So does that mean it's under under the water then 🤔 😂
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The UK is in Europe so it doesn’t connect it to Europe it connects it to France
Your absolute ignorance of Canada and the rest of the world is typical of the majority of Americans.
You are indeed very american, my american friend.
Lol the first photo isn't the Channel Tunnel 🤣
Not sure if anyone else here has mentioned it but Tyler you need to be aware that there are TH-cam videos of the tunnel being built and how the boring machines operated as it was going on.
There was a major news event when the break-through occurred and two chaps exchanged flags and shook hands.
Then videos of the official openings of the tunnel with the various Prime Ministers, etc.
It was acknowledged as one of the engineering marvels of its time, and still is.
As a passenger to get on a nice comfy train in central London and within 3 hours be in central Paris is astounding.
You need to check out some of the documentary videos of the Chunnel being built. 👍🙂
we are already in europe we dont travel to europe.
Surely to God you knew this Tyler!! You definitely know once you're going under the thing, it doesn't seem possible but by God, they did it...
It wasn't done by Americans so it doesn't count
Feels a bit 'baity' - surely he knew
I'm starting to think he might be trolling us lol@@limpfishyes
@@acechimera7394 I've been thinking this since a long time. He's also always very surprised about things he's seen before (PUBS? What is a PUB? 🤡).
Do you know about tunnels in the US? Did you know if there are any under sea tunnels in Asia? If you've never been to Europe it's understandable.
It is an amazing thing, but even more amazing that you had never heard of it!
I have been in USA a few times and one of the things that still surprises me is how little coverage about the rest of the world there is on the American TV. Must be one if the most insular countries in the world. So I guess it isnt that surprising that you didnt know about the Chunnel. However its good to see you taking the interest you do in things abroad and as usual I enjoyed your video. 👍
I really can’t believe that you don’t know about the English Chunnel. It’s really true isn’t it? The US really does only look at itself. I never really believed that.
Just watch US news or read US newspapers to see the proof, all too often. And in my experience, when you DO get anything about the UK, especially in the New York Times or on CNN, all too often it is usually anti-British, factually incorrect or incomplete or showing how much worse the UK is than the US. We get to see and read a lot of world news in the UK. In the US, it is really scary how many people know so little about what happens outside their borders. Or want to.
FYI the pic in the thumbnail on the right is the tunnel & bridge between Sweden and Denmark, the Øresund bridge
There are separate trains for foot passengers, one for cars and another for freight (i.e. lorries)
NB it isn’t under the water but dug into the sea bed
it is under the water , you mean it doesn`t go through the water, it goes under the water through the seabed
The passager one is in Ashford
Yes, and a lot of (young) people were disappointed you can't see fish swimming around outside as you travel through. I don't use this tunnel as often as I might like, but I use London St Pancras station a lot and always get a warm glow when I see the Eurostar ready to depart or pulling in.
@leohickey4953 I felt the same when I was at Amsterdam Centraal Station a few weeks ago, and saw a Eurostar service arrive from London. I wished I could get on it to go home rather than going through all the airport rigmarole!
I can remember on the news when they broke through from both sides and 2 men from both sides shaking hands
When he said who knew? I burst out laughing.. I mean everyone in Europe 😂
Everyone outside America. Americans are the most willfully ignorant people on the planet. His response just shows you how insular America is.
There is actual footage of the day the UK & French broke through, uniting the working teams of both sides & shaking hands. 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇲🇫
Yeah, I remember about it too :)
Yes. It is featured in Simon Whistler's excellent documentary that you might enjoy watching (on YT): "The Channel Tunnel: Planned Since 1802" -
Megaprojects
@@micade2518 I remember it happening & saw it on the news back then. It was a proud event. Thank you for the YT vid tip 👍
You're welcome Paul! I love Simon Whistler's documentaries.
(NB: I cannot post links, which would be much simpler, because my comments containing links don't get published, for some obscure reason ...)
@@micade2518 Yes his documentaries are very good. I will get round to watching that one. TH-cam don't allow links for some reason, i have posted many in the past just to see them removed also. All the Best 👍
Mate it is not connecting the UK to Europe. First of all the UK is part of Europe anyway and secind the tunnel is connecting from England to France or if you like Britain to France.
Also it's not an underwater tunnel its an undersea tunnel as in the tunnel is well beneath tue sea bed.
Surprised you hadn’t heard of it. It was the biggest global project construction project in the 80’s and remains one of the biggest still. There are much better real life documentaries about the build out there, not cartoons.😊
You can travel by train from England to Turkey if you wanted too.
All of the train networks across Europe and all connected to each other, making it possible to travel to any country in Europe by train 😊
If you really wanted to east Russia if no war was on so a stones throw from Alaska. if no was or dangerous places you could insane road trip
Sort of true, but not to all parts, eg Cicily, Åland, Isle of Man would be difficult...
And a train ride from Sweden to Finland, while possible, isn't very practical.
Also, is there a train route between the UK and Ireland?
@@stevekenilworth Before the war started it was possible to get from UK to China and Vietnam by train. There are people who have done it and uploaded footage on TH-cam. The most common route filmed is London to Hong Kong. Trains Planes Everything filmed a train journey from Vila Real in Portugal to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.
My dad did this! Hahaha to. Well from Turkey to England to bring his cats back hahaha
@matshjalmarsson3008 Yes, there have been trains running from the UK to Ireland ever since partition. They run between Belfast in the UK (in Northern Ireland) and Dublin.
Just a typical, average American who knows bugger-all about anywhere outside of the States...no offence!
It's routine bro. Convenient and fast. Drive on, drive off. Never leave the car, 25 min later you are driving out.
I wouldn't admit to NOT knowing. It's been there nearly 30 years.Doh.
The tunnel joins the UK and France which are both in the continent of Europe. The UK is not a separate continent in itself.
Physically no, mentally yes.
True. For having crossed the Channel many times, the difference between the UK and the Continent is palpable. There is in both sides that " je ne sais quoi" in the air itself, which I love.
But isn't it funny that when Americans refer to Europe, they mean the UK that's so different from, say, France, Spain, Italy, Bulgaria, Germany,... ?
@@flitsertheo We are European. The UK over thousands of years has been shaped by our neighbours, and no Brexit or xenophobic feelings can ever change it.
We are British not European 😁
So, you didn't learn Geography in school?@@Eddie_Booth
The first picture is not the Channel tunnel but the Øresund bridge and tunnel between Sweden and Denmark … you can’t drive through the Channel tunnel, it’s much too long, there are only two train tracks and a service and security tunnel. I love the fact that I can just take a train from where I live in the south of the Netherlands and be in Paris or London or anywhere in Europe in a couple of hours. And in my second home town of Budapest overnight. I’ve traveled both (the Øresund and the Channel tunnel) in my camper and also without it in a normal high speed train but the ferries have their charm too. If I have the time, I choose the ferry from Hoek van Holland to London because, as a Dutchie, I like being on the sea …
It's a franco-british masterpiece in engineering.
I think I may have given you the references to this excellent, much better documentary by Simon Whistler on that megaproject (on YT): "The Channel Tunnel: Planned Since 1802" - Megaprojects
Yes it is..
When we both stop squabbling for 5 minutes together we make some good things. Concorde being another good example.
@@planekrazy1795 Yes. The Entente Cordiale in full display!
The photo at the end and the start is not the English channel tunnel, it's a photo of a crossing between Denmark and Sweden I think.
I used the Eurostar last week - a quick trip to Brussels from the East Midlands via London to see Rammstein in concert, an overnight stay, a spot of sightseeing and back home the following evening
I used to commute to Paris from London 2 days a week for about 6 months, I used to get the normal passenger train and it was just as easy as commuting into London itself.
You commuted from London to London?
@@satsumamoon I commuted from London to Paris and I have also commuted into London as well. Is that clearer?
Please Google the drilling machines, they are amazing...
The Channel Tunnel is primarily used by Haulage Trucks, who use it to move goods like household goods for grocery stores and other stores, between Europe and England... But you can also use the Eurotunnel Shuttle (now called LeShuttle) if you were say going on holiday and wanted to drive your own car between England and France, and into Europe, and the Eurostar (which is unrelated to Eurotunnel), a High Speed train service that operates at around 200MPH, and allows you to take a train between London and Amsterdam in the Netherlands, with stops between in Lille and Paris in France, and Brussels in Belgium.
A friend and us have gone to France towing a caravan plus there are loads of motorhomes that use le shuttle
Been through the tunnel to France in our motor home many times !
There is a whole world outside of America 🫣🤯
That's just a rumor 😅😅😅
Don’t forget the English Channel is the busiest shipping lane in the would , so bridges wouldn’t be an option
The photo you are looking at.. as others have said it is not the Channel Tunnel .. it's a rail link from Copenhagen in Denmark to connect direct to Sweden.. I have been on this. I am off to France next week via the Tunnel by car... when I use the Rail link from London to Paris / Brussels etc for work in the Tunnel we have to have a beer in while in the darkness of the Tunnel in the 'Buffet' car.. we call it Tunnel Club :)
Why are Americans astounded at how the rest of the world live and work.
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Tyler, you're not a typical American. You've educated yourself that there is an entire world outside the US and that makes you pleasingly atypical. Good on you, kid.
They “compulsory bought “ my house to build the railway station. They gave me 6 months to move out. Plus the market value.
It was a fantastic feat by civil engineers. We have had floods (minor) and fires, but everything was coped with well.
Not knowing the channel tunnel is a thing is like someone from the uk not knowing the Statue of Liberty is a thing
Not really. We see the Statue of Liberty constantly on American TV, obviously more when it's set in New York. I can't remember the last time I saw the Chunnel on any UK shows.
Yeah, but the Statue of Liberty isn't American, it's French. I assume that the Yanks didn't have the necessary technology to build it! 🙂
My father worked on building the Boaring machines …they were built at Markham Works in Chesterfield Derbyshire 😊
That's really cool, I knew that they were built in the UK, but somehow the knowledge that they were built in Chesterfield passed me by.
I've not been to Chesterfield in a very long while, I miss going along the trans pennine trail through to Staveley (blech, only place worse is Renishaw) and onto the canal to Chesterfield.
You can take a train from London to Paris, in a single journey!
Plus Eurostar will take you directly from London to Brussels and Amsterdam and Disneyland Paris without changing trains.
So the tunnel has been open near 30 years how are you only learning about it now? Do you not use the internet? I also wonder if you ever watch the news or read newspapers because the three serious fires that the tunnel has experienced were all reported internationally, these occurred in 1996, 2008 and 2015. But then again the statement "I know people from the UK travel to Europe" actually speaks volumes. You don't travel from the UK to Europe because the UK is in Europe. And the entrance looks nothing like the picture you showed more than once, it's just the entrance to a rail tunnel that same as any other rail tunnel. This also makes me wonder if you have never heard of the Channel Tunnel before now what about the Seikan Tunnel (longest undersea tunnel in the world) or The Gotthard Base Tunnel (longest main-line railway tunnel in the world that runs 94 miles under the swiss alps) have you heard of either of those?
Why are Americans so blinkered
That tunnel has been there for years 😊😂😂😂😂 you need to get out of that information vacuum all you Americans seem to be in😜. Keep up the learning Tyler, someday Americans may be as smart as the rest of us😂
No, Tyler, it's a tunnel to The Continent. A bit like the old news announcement: "Fog closes English Channel; Europe cut off!" 🙂 It's been there for just about 30 years. Don't you have newspapers or broadcasts in the USA? BTW, your opening/closing example is a completely different tunnel between Denmark and Sweden.
American don’t know about the channel tunnel because America has nothing like it.
This makes America a bit insecure, so they don’t talk about it 😂
The tunnel to LaLaLand is huge.
I remember one American asking if you could see the fish swimming about as you passed through 🙄
When we went to Disneyland Paris my then 6 year old daughter thought that, bit of a disappointment for her when I told her no it didn't 😂
We don't travel to Europe, the UK is in Europe mate, if you think we are outside Europe what continent do you think we are in?
Tyler, the UK is still in Europe, we didn't move our shores elsewhere when we left the EU 😅 😉
Who knew ...lol...most of the educated world masses..., but now you know, so at least that's a start...
😅 You seem to forget that us Brits invented the railway so why are you so surprised that such an advanced country could put a railway tunnel under water??? As for a bridge spanning the English Channel, we are talking about the BUSIEST stretch of water in the WORLD with huge ships daily sailing through. How do you think those mega shjps would get under a bridge?
The pic u showed at the beginning isn't the chunnel! Do u not know how to research... Holy cow
1.25 That’s a picture of the Öresund Bridge between Denmark and Sweden. Both entrances to The Chunnel are quite inland to allow it to get to the depth it needs to be under the sea floor gradually.
The UK is already in Europe so we don't travel to Europe as we are already in Europe.
It was a "huge deal at the time". I remember it very well as a child, my parents always wanted to go to France for holidays, but my sister gets very sea sick and has a phobia of boats. The channel tunnel was a really game changer for my family.
Just small point as the uk sits on the Eurasia plate we are still Europeans all because we left the eu system don't mean we not European lol.
is this guy for real !!!!
You need to watch a proper documentary on it will be much better than that graphic video
1:17 That is the Oresund bridge that connects Denmark and Sweden
Brits take their cars when they go to Europe, can you imagine. Wonder how far they need to travel.
Yes I live about a 4 hour drive from Dover and have done a few day trips to France
@@paultaylor781 What continent are you leaving when going to Europe this way?
@TH-cam_Stole_My_Handle_Too I'm not leaving a continent the uk is part of Europe
WIFE SAID YOU TALK TOO MUCH REPEATING JUST WHAT THE VIDEO SAID, ON AN INTERESTING VID TOO
That tunnel is about 30 years old, that's a lot of catching up to do.
I’ve been through the tunnel several times and it’s effortless, drive your car onto a train that takes you through to the other side. Far less hassle than using the Ferry. My mother lived only 2 miles from the Tunnel at Folkestone.
Wow.
What do they teach in American schools these days??
In British schools, we were taught about The American Civil War, the Declaration of Independence, Presidents, Liberty Island, you name it.
I reckon these days, English kids know more about America than American kids know about England.
From when I see a lot of the MAGA brigade being interviewed, I suspect English kids know more about America than some Americans...
The problem if you had loads of cars driving through it, is that it would need insane air extraction systems to stop people suffocating with all the traffic fumes. Plus if there was a crash inside the tunnel, it would block access to the tunnel for ages. The vehicle transporter - can even cope with double decker coaches, I was on one when I went across to Disneyland with the School back in 1997.
Biggest danger these days is if an EV spontaneously combusts.
@@Phiyedough I don't honestly know how they would cope with a fire on one of the vehicle transporters. I'd imagine, it would be catastrophic - so there must be some sort of fire fighting equipment - or maybe a sprinkler system?
@@AndrewJonesMcGuire
There was a major fire in a lorry carrying a large quantity of margarine which did considerable damage to the tunnel infrastructure. I thinkhere have been some smaller fires as well.
The Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge is officially the longest bridge in the world. It stretches out for no less than 102.4 miles (164.8 kilometres) and forms part of one of China's most important railway connections: the high-speed train between Beijing and Shanghai.
Before I clicked "play" I said to myself, "I'll bet he's never heard of this either."
Just so you know, the UK is in Europe, it's based on the tectonic plates of the earths crust.. not the political union :')
"Fog in the Channel...Europe cut off..." ;)
Eurostar is passenger only trains, these trains go from London to Paris, Brussels & Amsterdam, Le Shuttle is for freight and car passengers. When using Le Shuttle as a car passenger you stay with your car during the journey
There have been fires in the tunnel, but, apparently there are 'SAFE' fire fighting stations positioned along the tunnel. Bi- national emergency teams work from both UK & French side. ➡️⬅️ Tunnel is designed to leak & water is then pumped out, there is a full ventilation system.
We drove to Disneyland Paris via the tunnel, drove on the train, sat there (in the car) for a bit, drove off and on to Disneyland Paris. Much less faff than the ferry (which I’ve previously used ).
I’ve been in it it’s really quick and easy
You don't drive it's trains lol
Only an American could get to your age and know so little about the world.
To be fair, why would he need to know about the channel tunnel prior to this?
@@generaladvance5812
Why would you know about anything? It’s called general knowledge,
there is no need, as you say, to know it, but you do.
And Americans are notoriously ignorant about the world at large,
20% of Americans can’t even find the U.S on a map!