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High Speed 1

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High Speed 1

A high-speed railway link from London through Kent to the UK end of the Channel Tunnel. Officially known as the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL) and originally as the Union Railway or Continental Main Line (CML). 108 kilometres (67 miles) long, it was built to allow eight trains per hour through to the Channel Tunnel.

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High Speed 1

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High speed rail to Europe - 20th anniversary

Her Majesty was on the first train through the tunnel on its official opening...

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Paddington Station - HS1 award

The award being named after HS1 is confusing since HS1 comes nowhere near Pad...

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Stratford Depot

Other sources give varying opening and closing dates for the depot.

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