Eurotunnel interested in High Speed 1
The operator of the Channel Tunnel was awaiting the decision of the British government for over a year. Eurotunnel is already a candidate for the purchase of High Speed 1, the line speed of 108 kilometers which connects the tunnel to the station of Saint Pancras, London, and will sell under the plan to sell assets of the British government. "We are clearly concerned, says a spokesman for the group. It is the natural extension of our business. However, it is likely that we did not go alone. "No other buyer has not yet positioned as clearly on the record that the Franco-British. The value of the first high-speed UK, whose work cost 8 billion euros, has not been sent.It now belongs to London and Continental Railways, owner of the UK rail infrastructure.
Since its inauguration, this line enables Eurostar trains to run at high speed after the Channel Tunnel. The journey time between Paris and London is now 2 cons 2 h 15 h 52 in 2003.
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