Sentences with phrase «rail tunnel during»

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In July 2003, a Eurostar train broke the record for the fastest train in the UK, reaching 208 mph during safety testing of Section One of the new Channel Tunnel Rail Link.

Long Island Republican Rep. Pete King hopes his gift of gab convinced Trump to support funding a stalled rail tunnel linking New York and New Jersey, saying the two conferred about the $ 30 billion Gateway Project the president has vowed to block during the annual Friends of Ireland Luncheon on Capitol Hill.

During a discussion about what impact, if any, Donald Trump's presidency would have on the Port's efforts to build a new cross-Hudson passenger rail tunnel, Degnan said that given how much lip service Trump has paid to infrastructure spending, it was important to have projects like the rail tunnel shovel - ready.

Dr Francis Wenban - Smith discovered a site containing remains of an extinct straight - tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) in 2003, in an area of land at Ebbsfleet in Kent, during the construction of the High Speed 1 rail link from the Channel Tunnel to London.

Mexico's Copper Canyon Caravan's fully escorted Mexico train tours let you travel round trip (during the day) by private rail car through the Sierra Madre Mountains, passing through 86 tunnels and over 38 bridges.

Richard Brown, Chief Executive, Eurostar, said: «An increase of nearly a million extra passengers using High Speed 1 during its first year of operations, even with the impact of the tunnel fire, demonstrates beyond doubt that people prefer high - speed rail to short - haul air.

Copper Canyon Mexico Train Tour A fully escorted, all - inclusive tour of Mexico's majestic Copper Canyon where you travel in comfort, round trip (during the day) by private rail car through the Sierra Madre Mountains, passing through 86 tunnels and over 38 bridges.