the channel tunnel rail link opened on 16 september 2003.
when did the channel tunnel rail link open?
16 september 2003
the channel tunnel rail link (ctrl), now called high speed 1, runs from st pancras railway station in london to the tunnel portal at folkestone in kent. it cost £5.8 billion. on 16 september 2003 the prime minister, tony blair, opened the first section of high speed 1, from folkestone to north kent. on 6 november 2007 the queen officially opened high speed 1 and st pancras international station, replacing the original slower link to waterloo international railway station. high speed 1 trains travel at up to , the journey from london to paris taking 2 hours 15 minutes, to brussels 1 hour 51 minutes.
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channel tunnel rail link (supplementary provisions) act 2008





















































the channel tunnel rail link (supplementary provisions) act 2008 (c. 5) is an act of the parliament of the united kingdom which amends the channel tunnel rail link act 1996. its principal provision is to allow the office of rail regulation to charge the operator of the channel tunnel rail link "a fee in respect of the exercise of any of the office of rail regulation's functions in relation to the rail link".





















































section::::passage of the bill.
channel tunnel rail link (supplementary provisions) act 2008