October 30, 1990 (September 13) Gengwu Eurotunnel dug. In 1990 October 30, 2011 7:00 dug the English Channel (France called La Manche) Cross-Harbour Tunnel, the first time in the UK with the history of the European continent on the connection.

British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher said, This is an extremely exciting time.
The chisel through the tunnel, in the works of the Anglo-French Channel Tunnel service tunnel. The entire project consists of two diameter of 7.6 meters each train tunnel and a 4.8 m diameter service tunnel. The hole through the service tunnel is expected to be completed in four weeks, to mid-January next year can be pedestrian and geological data for the other two tunnels dug in the summer of next year. The service tunnel dug
spent more than three years of time. (Lssjt.cn) according to the provisions of the Channel Tunnel Treaty, signed in July 1987 by the British and French governments, and the Channel Tunnel will take place in June 1993 and put into use. By then, only 35 minutes to cross the English Channel.