North Downs Tunnel

E212173

rail infrastructure railway tunnel

North Downs Tunnel is a major railway tunnel in southeast England that carries High Speed 1 beneath the North Downs hills.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
North Downs Tunnel canonical	1
Thames Tunnel (HS1)	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	rail infrastructure ⓘ railway tunnel ⓘ
builtFor	Eurostar ⓘ surface form: Eurostar services domestic high-speed services in Kent ⓘ
carried	high-speed railway ⓘ passenger trains ⓘ
connectsLine	Section 1 of High Speed 1 ⓘ
constructionMethod	tunnel boring and cut-and-cover ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1998 ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
designedFor	high-speed operation ⓘ
electrification	25 kV AC overhead line ⓘ
environmentalConstraint	passes under protected landscape ⓘ
gauge	standard gauge ⓘ
hasPortal	eastern portal in Kent ⓘ western portal in Kent ⓘ
length	about 2 miles ⓘ approximately 3.2 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn	Kent ⓘ South East England ⓘ
locatedNear	Blue Bell Hill ⓘ Maidstone ⓘ
locatedOnRoute	London to Folkestone high-speed line ⓘ
locatedUnder	North Downs ⓘ
maximumLineSpeed	up to 300 km/h ⓘ
notableFeature	one of the major tunnels on High Speed 1 ⓘ
numberOfTracks	2 ⓘ
openedForTraffic	2003 ⓘ
openingDate	2003 ⓘ
operator	HS1 Ltd ⓘ
owner	HS1 Ltd ⓘ
partOf	Channel Tunnel Rail Link ⓘ High Speed 1 ⓘ
partOfCorridor	Channel Tunnel Rail Link ⓘ surface form: London–Channel Tunnel high-speed route
passesBeneath	North Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty ⓘ
railwayLineUsed	High Speed 1 ⓘ
safetyFeature	emergency exits ⓘ emergency walkways ⓘ ventilation systems ⓘ
trackConfiguration	double track ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

High Speed 1 → hasStructure → North Downs Tunnel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thames Tunnel (HS1)