OVER OR UNDER - THE FUTURE-ROLE OF HOVERCRAFT AS HIGH-SPEED CHANNEL FERRIES

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CLAYTON, BR

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ENDEAVOUR | 1987年 / 11卷 / 01期

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length to form a Channel Express- way; 4. Channel Tunnel Group (CTG) Ltd put forward the details of a twin rail tunnel to convey high speed trains between Kent and Calais and with about 75% of its 48 km (30 miles) below water. It is now a matter for history to record that the contract; at a cost of about f2.6 billion; was won by CTG and its French counterpart France Manche SA (now referred to as the Eurotunnel Consortium) when the result was announced in January 1986. Freight trains will run from source to destination directly. Foot passengers will be transported between London and Paris in three and a quarter hours and motorists will board double-deck transporters (the tunnels are to be some 23 m diameter) at terminals a short distance inland from each shore. Buses and lorries will be handled by single-deck transporters and a train frequency of one every three minutes is the aim at peak periods. The project is; naturally; heavily supported by British Rail and SNCF and by numerous powerful banks. The ‘Chunnel’ has the support of both Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President Francois Mit-terand; business interests; trade unions (as a result of promised extra jobs); and the holiday maker. Little wonder; then; that the traditional ferry operators are looking forward with some trepidation to 1993 when Chunnel travel is due to begin. In particular; how do other ‘high-speed’ transporters see their future; especially current hovercraft operators; such as Hoverspeed Ltd. Is it all doom and gloom or are there other possibilities to exploit the initial inventiveness of Sir Christopher Cockerill; carried on with such flair by British and; until recently; French hovercraft designers and builders? First; let us summarize the principal features and characteristics of hover-which but one class of;

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10.1016/0160-9327(87)90167-0

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N09 [自然科学史]; B [哲学、宗教];

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01 ; 0101 ; 010108 ; 060207 ; 060305 ; 0712 ;

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