High Speed 1 [278 photos] :: Geograph Britain and Ireland

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High Speed 1

High Speed 1 (originally called The Channel Tunnel Rail Link or CTRL), is a 69-mile stretch of railway linking the Channel Tunnel and St Pancras station in London. Built at a cost of £5.2 billion, the line was opened on 14th November 2007, cutting Eurostar journey times by 40 minutes, compared with the previous route which was shared with local trains, restricting the speed severely. Trains travel at speeds up to 140mph on the high speed line.

In June 2010 the government put the line up for sale for £1.5 billion.

by Oast House Archive

Created: Fri, 13 Nov 2009, Updated: Sun, 13 May 2012

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TQ9348 : CTRL towards Ashford by David Anstiss

TQ6174 : Railway over the CTRL by David Anstiss

TQ7267 : Medway Bridges across Baty's Marsh by N Chadwick

TR0340 : Bad Munstereifel Road Bridge by N Chadwick

TR0738 : Lake through the trees by N Chadwick

TQ6471 : Wrotham Road goes underneath CTRL by David Anstiss

TQ5380 : A13 and Channel Tunnel Rail Link by N Chadwick

TR0142 : HS1 crosses the Great Stour by N Chadwick

TQ7167 : View of the Channel Tunnel Railway and M2 Motorway by David Anstiss

TQ9647 : CTRL heading to Ashford by David Anstiss

TQ2983 : Javelin High Speed Train at St Pancras International by David Dixon

TR0142 : Channel Tunnel High Speed Line by N Chadwick

TQ9249 : Eurostar Train heading to Ebbsfleet by David Anstiss

TR1436 : Channel Tunnel Railway Link to Cheriton by David Anstiss

TR0638 : CTRL railway to Ashford by David Anstiss

TQ6071 : CTRL Railbridge over footpath to Southfleet Church by David Anstiss

... and 253 more images.

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