Channel Tunnel | United Kingdom and France The Channel Tunnel is a 50.5-kilometer (31.3-mile) railway tunnel under the English Channel that links the United Kingdom and France. It is the third longest railway tunnel in the world, surpassed only by the Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland and the Seikan Tunnel in Japan, and has the world’s longest undersea section — 37.9 kilometers (23.5 miles). Challenge Ideas for a tunnel connecting England and France have been around since the early 19 th century, but it wasn’t until the 1980s that construction of an international, all-weather link using private funding was agreed upon by British and French leaders. Promoters were invited to submit proposals, and a submission by the Channel Tunnel Group/France-Manche (consisting of ?ve banks and ten cons

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