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THERE’S been a direct train link between the UK and France since the Channel Tunnel opened in 1994, but railway aficionados will be well aware that there were many proposals for a subterranean link between the two countries prior to the one that finally got built.
New Scientist‘s issue delved into some of the vagaries of the tunnel that wouldn’t get built later that decade. The then-state railway operator British Rail was researching how loud the “whoosh” might be when a high-speed train emerged from the tunnel mouth. Whether local residents were reassured by being…
