High Speed 1

Tags: Railway Line.

High Speed 1 (HS1) officially known as the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL) and originally as the Union Railway or Continental Main Line (CML) is a 108-kilometre (67 mi) high-speed railway between London and the United Kingdom end of the Channel Tunnel through Kent.The line was built to carry international passenger traffic between the United Kingdom and Continental Europe; additionally it carries domestic passenger traffic to and from towns and cities in Kent and has the potential to carry Berne gauge freight traffic.

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line length (μ)

108000.0

location

Greater London, South East England

number of stations

4

opening year

2003-01-01T00:00:00+02:00, 2007-01-01T00:00:00+02:00

operated by

Eurostar, Southeastern (train operating company), DB Schenker

owner

Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, OMERS, Government of the United Kingdom

railway rolling stock

Eurotunnel Class 0001, ICE 3, British Rail Class 373, British Rail Class 374, British Rail Class 395, British Rail MPV, British Rail Class 92

route end

Channel Tunnel

route start

St Pancras railway station

speed limit (kmh)

225.0, 300.0

type

High-speed rail, Rail freight transport

type of electrification

25 kV AC railway electrification

latitude

51.5269

longitude

0.137194