No longer an island: when the Channel Tunnel opened – May 1994 — theguardian.com

On 6 May 1994, the Queen and France’s President Francois Mitterrand formally opened the Channel Tunnel during two elaborate ceremonies in France and Britain. Eurostar passenger operations began in November 1994. Rebecca Smithers, transport correspondent 7 May 1994 The Queen was yesterday whisked in her Rolls-Royce through the Channel tunnel in 32 minutes - three minutes less than Eurotunnel had promised it would take her to get back to British soil from France.

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