Channel Tunnel

HOT TOPICS:

MORE STORIES

A view of the Eiffel Tower from between two tall buildings in Paris, France.

Eurostar £35 flash sale with trains to Paris, Amsterdam, Rotterdam and more

Travel 11 hours ago By Kristina Beanland

Two Eurostar trains pulled into a French rial station.

Virgin set to announce £700,000,000 plan to rival Eurostar trains

Travel 18 hours ago By Emily Bashforth

A projection of what the Fehmarnbelt tunnel will look like once completed.

New £6,200,000,000 train to link two European destinations for the first time ever

Travel March 18, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce

British entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson leans out of the window of the driver's cab on board a Virgin Pendolino train at Lime Street Station in Liverpool, north-west England, on March 13, 2012, as he prepares to launch a Global Entrepreneurship Congress. The event aims to be the largest gathering of start-up champions from around the world. AFP PHOTO/PAUL ELLIS (Photo credit should read PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Virgin announces £700,000,000 plan to rival Eurostar with cross-Channel trains

Travel 2 days ago By Emily Bashforth

Russia's Sparta and General Skobelev vessels

Putin 'sending ships packed full of weapons just a few miles from Dover'

World February 10, 2025 By Gergana Krasteva

Elon Musk and his tweet

We hope Elon Musk is just trolling us with suggested name for the English Channel

US January 27, 2025 By Gergana Krasteva

A view of the Eiffel Tower from between two tall buildings in Paris, France.

Eurostar announces flash sale with cheap trains to Paris, Lille and more

Travel January 3, 2025 By Kristina Beanland

Baron, France - July 29, 2020: A Eurostar e320 high speed train is driving from Paris to London on the LGV Nord, the North European high speed railway line, in the french countryside.

Eurostar chaos after 800 passengers trapped in Channel Tunnel for over two hours

UK December 27, 2024 By Gethin Hicks

Amanj Hasan Zada

'Best smuggler' jailed after helping people cross Channel in dinghies

UK November 8, 2024 By Gergana Krasteva

A boat in the English Channel

Child 'trampled’ to death at bottom of boat crossing English Channel

UK October 5, 2024 By Gergana Krasteva

Firefighters carry an injured migrant on a stretcher after the sinking of a migrant boat attempting to cross the English Channel to England, in Boulogne-sur-Mer, northern France, on September 3, 2024. Twelve migrants died off the northern French coast on September 3 trying to cross the Channel to England, the French government said, raising an earlier death toll. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on X that two migrants were still missing in the "terrible disaster" and several were injured after their boat ran into trouble, sparking a major rescue operation. (Photo by Denis Charlet / AFP) (Photo by DENIS CHARLET/AFP via Getty Images)

Pregnant woman and six children among 12 migrants killed after boat capsized

World September 4, 2024 By Josh Milton

Crew members of the French rescue vessel "Abeille Normandie" look after a group of migrants on an inflatable dinghy

Woman 'crushed to death on overcrowded dinghy' crossing the Channel

World July 28, 2024 By Gergana Krasteva

Rail passengers queue up at Eurostar rail terminal at St. Pancras International station in London

Who is behind the sabotage attack on France's rail network?

World July 27, 2024 By Gergana Krasteva

File photo dated 04/04/24 of queuing traffic heading clockwise on the M25 between junctions 5 and 6. London's roads have been ranked the most congested in Europe for the third year in a row, as a report by traffic information supplier Inrix has found that drivers in the capital spent an average of 99 hours sitting in traffic in 2023. Issue date: Tuesday June 25, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story TRANSPORT Traffic. Photo credit should read: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire

England fans and other holidaymakers warned of long delays as M25 closure begins

UK July 14, 2024 By Sara Odeen-Isbister

UK Border Force

At least three people die trying to cross English Channel in boat

UK February 28, 2024 By Gergana Krasteva

A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dungeness, Kent, after being rescued by the RNLI following a small boat incident in the Channel. Picture date: Friday December 9, 2022. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS Migrants. Photo credit should read: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

45,756 migrants crossed the Channel to the UK in 2022

UK January 1, 2023 By Gergana Krasteva

Name badges made for unknown migrants who drowned hoping for a better life __ For Metro.co.uk

Name badges made for unknown migrants who drowned hoping for a better life

UK December 29, 2022 By Gergana Krasteva

A migrant carries her children after being helped ashore from a RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) lifeboat at a beach in Dungeness, on the south-east coast of England, on November 24, 2021, after being rescued while crossing the English Channel. - The past three years have seen a significant rise in attempted Channel crossings by migrants, despite warnings of the dangers in the busy shipping lane between northern France and southern England, which is subject to strong currents and low temperatures. (Photo by Ben STANSALL / AFP) (Photo by BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images)

UK strikes deal with France to clamp down on migrants crossing the Channel

UK November 14, 2022 By Gergana Krasteva

Manston asylum seekers 'abandoned at Victoria station with nowhere to sleep'

UK November 3, 2022 By Brooke Davies

Young girl begs for help escaping 'prison' processing centre

Migrants 'abandoned' as children plea for help to escape Manston 'prison'

UK November 2, 2022 By Gergana Krasteva