I wonder how many shuttle drivers tap their toe on their car accelerator on their way home after a shift ?, I used to drive Buses and after a long week I have been known to pull up into a bus stop in my own car, I felt silly when I realised the people expecting a bus were staring at me in my Mini.
I guess it feels differnt to them; a car is more confined and tight, and you have a lower vantage point. A train is higher, more spacious, and just has a different vibe ig
I was born in England and lived the first twenty six years of my life in Essex. I moved to Australia where I have lived the last fifty years. I emigrated in 1972 before the tunnel was working and have always wondered how things there work. Now thanks to this wonderful site I know how it does. Thank you so much.
As a Dane I remember wasting much time on ferries, and also being asked to leave the ferry again, because of a faulty part. I came home at 3 am, having to work Monday at 7! The new Danish Built Tunnel to Germany, close to the length of The Channel Tunnel, will be for trains and cars to drive for themselves and at the time when arriving!
My dad worked on the tunnel when it was being built, H&S and has told me many fascinating stories. Not just about how it was built but like how a struggling nightclub was allowed a 24/7 license for the many workers doing off shift hours and finishing work in the morning etc and how it saved the business. To how the local dover police bought loads of riot vans etc thinking all the brought in workers would cause drunk and disorderly behaviour on their down time and they never had an issue etc. I wish he would write a book about it, I find it fascinating and he tells them a lot better than I do.
Normally the trains travel at 140 kph, but they can operate at 160 kph. During the London olympics the trains were used at the higher speed. This allows an extra train to travel in the tunnel each way at the same time. If you are directed in your car to the upper deck, be careful on the apex of the ramp which narrows and you can easily hit the kerb and damage your alloy wheels. The recorded announcements in English were made by John Humphries.
13:33 Also known as LOTOTO (Lock-out, Tag-out and Try-out), the most common way to secure any switches, knobs or other handles on machines etc. when maintenance is needed
My favourite job was at a flight maintenance centre, where it seemed like everybody'd been working between 25 and 35 years there, the wholesome buzz that most coworkers there gave off was beautiful magic 🍸
Incredible, with all the electronic wizardry still need to tap the deadman switch every minute and a wooden block for a throttle safety, still if its not broken……..
@@krimke881 they have to set them up that way because people always try to bypass them, our equipment have dead mans, can't tell you how many times I've had to replace them because people try to jam them on
I visited London, Paris, Italy in 2006 and went through the channel tunnel on a bus. Very fun experience, I had no idea the tunnel existed before I went through it.
6:19 This is kinda what happens to me on highways. The never-ending repetition of black and white lines and trees always puts me to sleep, so I have to take breaks if I ever need to go somewhere far away.
Those train engineers and those who are passengers are brave. The short tunnels we have in the USA are bad enough. A few minutes at most. You can bet that the world's best engineers and scientists inspected that tunnel before Her Majesty's trip !
I tell you what, I've been through at many times and boy does it cut your journey time down. Those ferries take an hour and three quarters and a lot of hassle boarding leaving your car going upstairs while they try and con money out of you with overpriced food and drinks. The train is brilliant and quick as hell, drive on stay in your car 35 minutes and off again. perfect.
She's got the right attitude of being relaxed whilst competant. Ive tried a train sim on my pc, and after a few months, i still cannot get the trains to move lol😂
I'm Australian and this video got me emotional, I almost cried a few times. Just made me realize that technology-wise we are still at least a couple of decades behind. I guess it makes sense to have such technological advancements in Europe as you share borders with each other. I can almost imagine the thrill and exhilaration of actually traveling through the tunnel.
Go to Denmark my friend! We will soon also be able to drive below a long stretch of water, both trains and cars, but when ever it is needed, as cars will be able to drive for themselves all the way, round the clock.
To move things along and running smoothly you would think they'd have replacement units where you would just switch out and repair the other unit. This allows more time to check units out for any possible problematic situations. Considerable less down time.
I think they do, but they didn't acknowledge it in the edit. The narrator inferred there's a week of work to be done to restore the fan, but they also said it's only shut down for 8 hours. I imagine they put a new one in, then refurb the old one ready for the next change in 7 years?
I like how Eurotunnel drivers are called Train Captains, like imagine being in the bar 'are you a train driver?' 'No girl, I'm a train CAPTAIN' 'oooohhh' *swoon*
A very interesting insight into the day to day running of the tunnel , but i find it staggering that the ventilation / fresh air system only gets a "seven year overhaul" !
I genuinely had no idea that the vehicles were loaded onto a train to make the passage through the Chunnel... I thought that you could drive your car right through. I suppose that this is a safer option though, and prevents idiots from breaking down halfway through and blocking the entire thing, or car accidents, etc... amongst many other possible issues that could occur.
@@thebrowns5337 I don't find it particularly idiotic to think this could be a car tunnel. The longest car tunnel also spans many km without emergency exits (the 24.5 km Lærdal Tunnel), this is 50.5 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@@thebrowns5337 He never said all people whose cars break down are idiots, just that some people are idiots and of those, some of their cars will break down. It's also a bit arrogant to suggest someone is an idiot because they aren't familiar with some part of your country that is rarely discussed in other parts of the world. That's why we're here, to learn about something we don't know much about. If you go around insulting people because they are trying to learn about your country, what good is that going to do?
@@vink6163 lol what? No he was clearly saying that people whose cars breakdown are idiots. There would be no point in saying that they're idiots if he didn't mean that they're idiots.
Yeah, but how long does it take from the motorway to the motorway, because it looks like there is a lot of waiting, shuffeling, waiting, papers, loading and unloading to do.
They should do like we do in the mining business. Have a spare fan impeller already built up ready to install. That way in the event of a failure, it will be down much less than the way they do it in this vid
Everybody saying how Tash is such a good-looking train driver.....well yes indeed, fair comment. But far more important IMHO is the fact that she is a very good one!
Great to see some brave women power in this doing different jobs. And as ruskiryan2398 mentioned, one of those women powers, Tash, might tap the gas pedal, I had that kind of thing happen from force of habit from my job tasks too, every minute with an action for her, that's much more than I had to do anything in a shift in various jobs I had.
The girl saying "That's because I'm really hungover" as she has irresponsibly driven there and on the train....probably still over the limit if she feels like that. Despicable.
I would never expect, that such a powerful and special train is operated by such a young, lovely and beatiful woman. That was a big surprise for me, I admit.
There are names for the Deadman pedal in other European Railways ÖBB SBB Deutsche Bahn Sifa Network Rail 🇬🇧 DSD. This one uses the French system🇫🇷 called Vacma Learnt this via Train Sim World 2
That John Keefe guy is interesting. His English (language) accent has little hint of UK accent- he sounds east coast USA to me, though it could just be a very clean British accent. Not what I expected. Meanwhile, his French is pretty good to my ear. Can’t find much info about him online.
Something playing on my mind. In the cab with Tash I saw 2 GSM-R units. Very curious as to why that is. Maybe for both the GB side and the French side but I'm not sure so if anyone knows that'll be greatly appreciated!
In the uk once the driver accepts the ride if the passenger cancel it the passenger still has to pay the full amount even if the car hasn't turned up that way the driver doesn't lose out
Don't look at the listing prices, look at the sold prices. Sure sometimes people pay too much but usually those things don't sell until the price comes WAY down. The old parts really don't sell for that much most of the time.
Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !" Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam." Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!" Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..." Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!" Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky." Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction." Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment?"
People who have nothing good to say about Tash are sad, I think she is adorable!!
yes she is. who dared to say otherwise
She was talking while driving though
Im guessing your joking @VauxhallRailfan
@@newadventures4035 nah..
Tash has got to be the prettiest train driver out there 🥰
Well nothing wrong with Tash but we haven’t seen them all.
Tash has got the nicest hands of any train driver ive ever seen....
I wonder how many shuttle drivers tap their toe on their car accelerator on their way home after a shift ?, I used to drive Buses and after a long week I have been known to pull up into a bus stop in my own car, I felt silly when I realised the people expecting a bus were staring at me in my Mini.
Classic
LOL 🤣🤣🤣
I can totally see that happening with a lot of people haha.
What colour mini were you wearing? 😂
I guess it feels differnt to them; a car is more confined and tight, and you have a lower vantage point. A train is higher, more spacious, and just has a different vibe ig
Wow that Tash Speed is a good looking train driver.
I was born in England and lived the first twenty six years of my life in Essex. I moved to Australia where I have lived the last fifty years. I emigrated in 1972 before the tunnel was working and have always wondered how things there work. Now thanks to this wonderful site I know how it does. Thank you so much.
As a Dane I remember wasting much time on ferries, and also being asked to leave the ferry again, because of a faulty part. I came home at 3 am, having to work Monday at 7!
The new Danish Built Tunnel to Germany, close to the length of The Channel Tunnel, will be for trains and cars to drive for themselves and at the time when arriving!
... THANKS For Our Bacon and Pastries... Oh! & LEGO!... ✌️🏴🥂
How cute was that little French man at the end with his toy windmill?! 🇫🇷💨
I thought it was interesting that they called it a whirlygig, in the U.S. I'd probably call that a pinwheel.
Two stop tash is my favourite
I'm sure it's not the way, but I chose to believe that Jose had to walk all the way back to France, holding his whirlygig, just to make sure.
To check he was breathing french air! 😂
The is the way (The Mandalorian)
I imagined the same thing! He would enjoy the trip. He was very happy with his whirlygig.
@@adeadgirl13 Small things please small minds...
thats EXACTLY what i was contemplating....🤣🤣🤣🤣
Such a cool system. Also very cool documentary styling everything to fit the era the train was created.
My dad worked on the tunnel when it was being built, H&S and has told me many fascinating stories. Not just about how it was built but like how a struggling nightclub was allowed a 24/7 license for the many workers doing off shift hours and finishing work in the morning etc and how it saved the business. To how the local dover police bought loads of riot vans etc thinking all the brought in workers would cause drunk and disorderly behaviour on their down time and they never had an issue etc. I wish he would write a book about it, I find it fascinating and he tells them a lot better than I do.
I did this with my pal Burt. I wanted to fly to Paris but Burt didn't like flying. I absolutely loved it and we both got totally pissed
Normally the trains travel at 140 kph, but they can operate at 160 kph. During the London olympics the trains were used at the higher speed. This allows an extra train to travel in the tunnel each way at the same time.
If you are directed in your car to the upper deck, be careful on the apex of the ramp which narrows and you can easily hit the kerb and damage your alloy wheels. The recorded announcements in English were made by John Humphries.
They don't have to call themselves train drivers, toe-tappers will do.
Tash is adorable.
13:33 Also known as LOTOTO (Lock-out, Tag-out and Try-out), the most common way to secure any switches, knobs or other handles on machines etc. when maintenance is needed
Was Captain Obvious taken when you created your account?
Fab ride ❤look forward to more Paul in Kent
My favourite job was at a flight maintenance centre, where it seemed like everybody'd been working between 25 and 35 years there, the wholesome buzz that most coworkers there gave off was beautiful magic 🍸
A great docco , and the Poms have such a good humor! Very good info and a pleasure to watch.
Gregg .
we have the best humour no comparison , water baby aussies know it
@@paulmcdonough1093 Yes , I grew up with Benny Hill and the 2 Ronnies! CAn't beat you guys for a laugh alright!
Incredible, with all the electronic wizardry still need to tap the deadman switch every minute and a wooden block for a throttle safety, still if its not broken……..
Yes cuz electronics can make mistakes and dead people cant
I would shoot the pedal 😅 before getting half way. Much more entertaining with a wack a mole😁
Normally a beeper sounds every 1 to 2 mins depending on speed and you reset the pedal then.
@@krimke881 they have to set them up that way because people always try to bypass them, our equipment have dead mans, can't tell you how many times I've had to replace them because people try to jam them on
It shows that sometimes ancient techniques are effective. Like their computers with softwares from the 80's.
That's one seriously good looking train driver.
Innit
@@supertrinigamer suprised to find you here
You simps are so lame…
Two stop tash is lovely :)
I have just reached that part of the video and have to say that I completely agree. Very very attractive indeed.
I visited London, Paris, Italy in 2006 and went through the channel tunnel on a bus. Very fun experience, I had no idea the tunnel existed before I went through it.
...it's 2019. I cried a little bit. how I miss 2019.
Very cool. Those two girls in the car where priceless.
I rode train through Chunnel the first year it opened. It was an experience I will never forget. Hard to believe it has been more than 25 years.
6:19 This is kinda what happens to me on highways. The never-ending repetition of black and white lines and trees always puts me to sleep, so I have to take breaks if I ever need to go somewhere far away.
Used CT daily for 15 years commuting ! Absolutely fantastic method of transport even better than the hovercraft !
Wow! You commuted from uk to France (or vice versa) every single day?! How long did it take you?
@@TraceUK 8 hours each day
@@berni9977 what do you do for work
I heard that the real tunnel is going to Normandy, and that the one to Calles is just a diversion.
Did you get that from a waterlogged briefcase? 😉
@@krashd How did you KNOW!!!!!!
Jose is so funny, "we'll walk 50 km to France" 🤣
Shame the voice over had to use miles.
Those train engineers and those who are passengers are brave. The short tunnels we have in the USA are bad enough. A few minutes at most. You can bet that the world's best engineers and scientists inspected that tunnel before Her Majesty's trip !
I tell you what, I've been through at many times and boy does it cut your journey time down. Those ferries take an hour and three quarters and a lot of hassle boarding leaving your car going upstairs while they try and con money out of you with overpriced food and drinks. The train is brilliant and quick as hell, drive on stay in your car 35 minutes and off again. perfect.
@@captain-curly i would chose ferries for sure
that thing is 25 years old ! seems like yesterday they opened it
John Keefe must have split his childhood years equally between England and France as he spoke both languages like a native.
Perhaps one of his parents are French.
The dead mans pedal sounds the same as on the trams in Brussels. Always wondered what that sound was and brought back memories when I heard it here.
10:14 "Hence why they call me two-stop Tash" lolz
"As they say in France, oops"
I just completely lost it 🤣🤣
I just noticed, it's the train station seen in Euro Truck Simulator.
You do realize it’s the other way around. Truck simulator modeled the station after the real life thing
@@MrJimheeren They didn’t say otherwise?
She's got the right attitude of being relaxed whilst competant. Ive tried a train sim on my pc, and after a few months, i still cannot get the trains to move lol😂
I'm Australian and this video got me emotional, I almost cried a few times. Just made me realize that technology-wise we are still at least a couple of decades behind. I guess it makes sense to have such technological advancements in Europe as you share borders with each other. I can almost imagine the thrill and exhilaration of actually traveling through the tunnel.
Go to Denmark my friend! We will soon also be able to drive below a long stretch of water, both trains and cars, but when ever it is needed, as cars will be able to drive for themselves all the way, round the clock.
To move things along and running smoothly you would think they'd have replacement units where you would just switch out and repair the other unit. This allows more time to check units out for any possible problematic situations.
Considerable less down time.
I can guarantee they’ve thought of that before
I think they do, but they didn't acknowledge it in the edit. The narrator inferred there's a week of work to be done to restore the fan, but they also said it's only shut down for 8 hours. I imagine they put a new one in, then refurb the old one ready for the next change in 7 years?
@Hypohamish Or they run the other fan. I believe it was implied only one fan on each side was on at a time.
Fantastic soundtrack to this documentary!
At least one person has biked through the service tunnel. It would be awesome if the Tour de France had a time trial stage there one year.
3:02 literally admitting she’s drink driving 😂
Awesome video .Nice to learn about stuff like that .THANKS.
I love how the cameraman is having a mini smoke sesh while filming the Kwfe (sp?) guy.
Excellent video
I like how Eurotunnel drivers are called Train Captains, like imagine being in the bar 'are you a train driver?' 'No girl, I'm a train CAPTAIN' 'oooohhh' *swoon*
Over 250 crossings this year, first one of the new year tomorrow happy new year to everyone involved
A very interesting insight into the day to day running of the tunnel , but i find it staggering that the ventilation / fresh air system only gets a "seven year overhaul" !
Just noticed the fire fighting gas system (13:53). Looks like an inert system - probably Argonite. Interesting video.
Halon gas
Halon - the Tunnel is one of the only places it's still allowed to be used!
Legend has it, that to this day, Jose is still walking through the tunnel to
France with his spinner....🤣
I genuinely had no idea that the vehicles were loaded onto a train to make the passage through the Chunnel... I thought that you could drive your car right through. I suppose that this is a safer option though, and prevents idiots from breaking down halfway through and blocking the entire thing, or car accidents, etc... amongst many other possible issues that could occur.
Oh lord.
So people whose cars break down are all idiots but you thought this was a car tunnel?
@@thebrowns5337 yes - my thoughts also !! - you cant fix stupid !!
@@thebrowns5337 I don't find it particularly idiotic to think this could be a car tunnel. The longest car tunnel also spans many km without emergency exits (the 24.5 km Lærdal Tunnel), this is 50.5 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@@thebrowns5337 He never said all people whose cars break down are idiots, just that some people are idiots and of those, some of their cars will break down. It's also a bit arrogant to suggest someone is an idiot because they aren't familiar with some part of your country that is rarely discussed in other parts of the world. That's why we're here, to learn about something we don't know much about. If you go around insulting people because they are trying to learn about your country, what good is that going to do?
@@vink6163 lol what? No he was clearly saying that people whose cars breakdown are idiots. There would be no point in saying that they're idiots if he didn't mean that they're idiots.
No RGB lighting on the tunnel fans? Lol.
linus would approve
It’s very surprising that it only takes half an hour to get to France on the tunnel
Yeah, but how long does it take from the motorway to the motorway, because it looks like there is a lot of waiting, shuffeling, waiting, papers, loading and unloading to do.
They should do like we do in the mining business. Have a spare fan impeller already built up ready to install. That way in the event of a failure, it will be down much less than the way they do it in this vid
Thank you, really enjoyed that
I would love to cycle trough the service tunnel
I was just thinking that. I bet it would be really boring, but a tailwind all the way would be fantastic!
Brilliant.
Tash is adorable
27:00 quite a crucial part of the doc, n'est-ce pas ? How did José travel the length of the tunnel ? or, is that for another time ?
Plot twist: they hid the golf cart behind the camera on the English side.
Everybody saying how Tash is such a good-looking train driver.....well yes indeed, fair comment. But far more important IMHO is the fact that she is a very good one!
Tanya is so delightful... I'd like to have an aunt like her 💓
Those destroyers sure seem to pinging hard in search for a submarine. Maybe someone should tell they are a few decades late to the party...
Oh no, it's a documentary with plinkety plonk music.
Great to see some brave women power in this doing different jobs. And as ruskiryan2398 mentioned, one of those women powers, Tash, might tap the gas pedal, I had that kind of thing happen from force of habit from my job tasks too, every minute with an action for her, that's much more than I had to do anything in a shift in various jobs I had.
The girl saying "That's because I'm really hungover" as she has irresponsibly driven there and on the train....probably still over the limit if she feels like that. Despicable.
How much beer did those young Lady’s have in the back of the car?
You should just have said that Jose was holding a finely calibrated special made windmeasuring device....
Eurotunnel spec whirlygig....
Nice🔥
I would never expect, that such a powerful and special train is operated by such a young, lovely and beatiful woman. That was a big surprise for me, I admit.
@@mikaela10 ?
There are names for the Deadman pedal in other European Railways ÖBB SBB Deutsche Bahn Sifa Network Rail 🇬🇧 DSD. This one uses the French system🇫🇷 called Vacma Learnt this via Train Sim World 2
in German also called "Totmannschalter", so the equal to the English name
@@Danny30011980 Thanks for the information but most use the term Sifa
To all those saying I will never take that tunnel, try it once and you’ll never use the ferry again
12:59 Wow, I’ve rarely heard a French accent like that…
I love Tash :)
0:38 dogi
It is a very cute dig in my opinion.
That John Keefe guy is interesting. His English (language) accent has little hint of UK accent- he sounds east coast USA to me, though it could just be a very clean British accent. Not what I expected. Meanwhile, his French is pretty good to my ear. Can’t find much info about him online.
He's from the UK. Another telltale sign would be his teeth...
He sounded pretty English to my bum American ears.
Something playing on my mind. In the cab with Tash I saw 2 GSM-R units. Very curious as to why that is. Maybe for both the GB side and the French side but I'm not sure so if anyone knows that'll be greatly appreciated!
In the uk once the driver accepts the ride if the passenger cancel it the passenger still has to pay the full amount even if the car hasn't turned up that way the driver doesn't lose out
I was here only because of the thumbnail
Woman in the car summed up remoaners perfectly ‘does brexit mean we now have to grow vegetables in our back garden’. Jesus Christ.
Very interesting
2 stop tash.. that s hella funny
Brexit was the biggest mistake possible; it complicated things, and increased costs for everyone, for generations to come. Very shortsighted.
Clearly disliked by two stop Tash.
"Two-stop Tash" 😂
She's pretty.
15:35 her "Champion Bitch" got a third place 😂 my very own champion bitch has the first place in my heart!
2 stop....ayyy I will be overshot lel if i would do it hahaha
Love it.
10:16 A wooden block in the modern aera of technology...🤗😎 Btw, what a lovely traindriver she is. Beter than a grumpy male driver. 😍
That computer keyboard probably worth $1000 plus on ebay.
Don't look at the listing prices, look at the sold prices. Sure sometimes people pay too much but usually those things don't sell until the price comes WAY down. The old parts really don't sell for that much most of the time.
One day I might be lucky to go on it before I die
Will Britain and France ever build another tunnel as cool as this?
Hope not. This one needs filling with a few hundred thousand tons of cement.
Put all the illegal immigrants in it first.
Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !"
Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam."
Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!"
Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..."
Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!"
Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky."
Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction."
Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment?"
Good on her!!
15:37 her WHAT??
Just what I thought.
Wasn’t expecting to see a hot train driver, you don’t see that every day
They must have had lots of train drivers to choose from that they could have featured. But there's an obvious reason they chose 'Two-stop Tash'.
That train driver is pretty and so cute
submarine sonar pings were necessary?
It's international documentary convention for "deep underwater"
Two stops bird is proper fit
I always thought that you could drive a vehicle in the tunnel..seems this you have take the train?