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Power facilities in the Channel Tunnel

Authors: Gilles de KERSABIEC, Jean-Pierre DUPONT, Yves MACHEFERT-TASSIN

Publication date: November 10, 2010

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3. Operating criteria. Tunnel design

3.1 Operation

The power system's operating methods have been designed to ensure passenger safety as a priority, and in the event of an incident, evacuation in less than 90 minutes. See 1.2 for the fundamental principles that governed the design of the installations....

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