A chronicle of an engineering marvel and the challenges that almost brought it to ruin. Massive tunnel boring machines gnawing their way through rock and chalk, digging not one tunnel but three. A ...

The building of the Channel Tunnel, one of the engineering wonders of modern times. Shows the planning, construction, completion and aftermath. In particular it shows the problems that had to be ...

STATCOM localisation, Folkestone, UK. Credit: Getlink. Getlink has commissioned a high-voltage grid solution, supplied by GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions business, on the Channel Tunnel. Claimed ...

Preventive maintenance operations on the sleeper blocks during night works. Credit: GetLink Though there are hundreds of new rail infrastructure projects each year in Europe, few have perhaps retained ...