How is the Eurotunnel also known?
Eurotunnel Folkestone Terminal undertaken within the small, self-contained Channel Tunnel rail network, with the major work carried out at Coquelles (which is a much larger facility), and minor work undertaken at Cheriton. When rolling stock does need to be taken to another British location, locomotives and carriages are transported by trucks, as was done with the refurbishment of the locomotives at Brush traction in 2010/2011. The Eurotunnel rail control centre is located within the Folkestone Terminal. Eurotunnel Folkestone Terminal The Eurotunnel Folkestone Terminal (sometimes referred to as the Eurotunnel Cheriton Terminal) is a railway terminal built for the transport of road-going vehicles on
Eurotunnel Class 9 and motors. In 2011 Eurotunnel had 57 locomotives, of which 34 are machines, the remainder . The company plans to uprate 11 more machines to by 2013. The locomotives are maintained at the Eurotunnel depot at Coquelles near Calais, France. After introduction the locomotives were named after opera singers. In 1997 four units were named "Jungfraujoch", "Lötschberg", "Gotthard" and "Furkatunnel", after Swiss rail tunnels. Eurotunnel Class 9 The Eurotunnel Class 9 or Class 9000 are six-axle high-power Bo′Bo′Bo′ single-ended electric locomotive built by the "Euroshuttle Locomotive Consortium" (ESCL) of Brush Traction and ABB. The class was designed for and is