France–United Kingdom relations May 1994. The same year the American Society of Civil Engineers elected the Channel Tunnel as one of the seven modern Wonders of the World. 11,675,910 passengers in 2008 travelled on flights between the United Kingdom and France. There are lists of twinnings (including those to towns in other countries) at List of twin towns and sister cities in France and at List of twin towns and sister cities in the United Kingdom. France–United Kingdom relations France–United Kingdom relations are the relations between the governments of the French Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK).
Severn Tunnel Severn between Sharpness and Lydney opened to traffic during 1879. On 22 October 1884 laying the double tracks in the tunnel started. On 18 April 1885, the final brick was placed in the tunnel's lining. The tunnel was horse shoe-shaped in cross-section with a concave floor, its height was 6.1 meters above the rails with a maximum width of 7.9 meters. An enclosed 533mm high drainage channel, in the form of an upturned semi-circular tunnel, is built onto the tunnel invert, 1.4 meters below the rails. Around 76.4 million bricks were used in the tunnel's construction. The brickwork is between