This is a long video showing the journey from Folkestone (UK/England) to Calais/Fréthun (France) on Saturday 3rd December 2016 on the Eurotunnel Le Shuttle (Channel Tunnel) tunnel shuttle service. The videos were taken onboard a coach during a day trip to Lille Christmas Market so there is a bit of talking throughout the video, not done by me. This was the outward crossing to France. The time of our shuttle train was about 08:40 (UK Time).\r \r The video shows mostly the whole journey through the check-in and waiting for boarding to commence. It then shows the journey through the 23.5 mile tunnel in the passenger carriages.\r \r The junction for the Channel Tunnel is the M20 11A exit (for vehicles travelling southbound from the North) and M20 12 exit (for vehicles travelling northbound from the south east coast).\r \r After travelling down the road, theres toll stations where a rather touchless touchscreen has to be used to check-in and issue a crossing time for your vehicle. Once check-in is complete, theres time to wait for a crossing time inside the leisure complex consisting of overpriced shops, a bureau de change and some food outlets.\r \r After about 20 minutes in the complex, the coach had to move on as there should be about 45 minutes after leaving the leisure complex before the destined train was suppose to depart.\r \r Before boarding the shuttle train, passports had to be checked and then a wait in a lane of traffic until the barrier rises and the traffic lights turn green at the end of the waiting area. Large and high vehicles, such as coaches, were let out first before the cars.\r \r The trains consist of two Class 009 Eurotunnel Le Shuttle locomotives, some of the most powerful locos. in Europe, either side of 14 passenger coaches. At either end, part of the train opens up (seen in a video on the platform) to allow vehicles to board and alight. The passenger carriages are quite old. Theyre from the 1990s. The old equipment inside the train can show this. Probably the most coolest feature is the carriage separation doors and shutters. The alarms sound and the strobe lights flash followed by the passenger doors swinging into position and then metal shutters closing from the top. As you can see from the journey through the carriages, the doors are operated on air pressure. It was easier to allow doors to be opened easily when buttons are pressed instead of the doors to be fully automatic. If the button isnt pressed, the air pressure wont change and it will be harder to push the door open.\r \r The full journey of the shuttle from boarding to alighting takes about 35 minutes. Sometimes it can be a couple of minutes over or under. A full safety announcement is given over a announcement system including the option to read info. boards, which no-one ually reads in the first place. Safety is number 1 here after the tunnel has had three fires with HGV vehciles whilst in the tunnel.\r \r During the crossing, I managed to catch the point where the railways cross-over into the other tunnels. This is so trains can switch to the other tunnel in the middle if one is blocked.The train finally arrives in France with about 15-20 minutes in the tunnel itself.\r \r When the train stops, the carriage separation doors open automatically and the traffic moves off the train. When off the platform, the roads lead directly to the A16 motorway in France.\r \r I hope you liked this interesting video I uploaded. Find more on the Channel Tunnel Here: \r \r Thanks For Watching! Dont Forget To Like And SubScribe!
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