CTRL

The Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL) is a project to construct a 108 km (67 mile) high-speed railway line from London through Kent to the British end of the Channel Tunnel. T

he second section of the CTRL, travelling across the River Thames and into London St Pancras is scheduled to open on the 14th November 2007.[1] Once open, it will cut 20 minutes from the current Eurostar journey times, making it possible to travel from London St. Pancras to Paris Gare du Nord in 2 hours 15 minutes and to Brussels in 1 hour 51 minutes.[2] From 14 November 2006,

London and Continental Railways adopted the branding High Speed 1 (HS1) for the completed Channel Tunnel Rail Link.