18/12/1996 | Channel Tunnel Rail Link Phase 1
Channel Tunnel Rail Link Phase 2 Act receives Royal Assent. |
/11/1999 | Channel Tunnel Rail Link Phase 2 Medway Viaduct piers complete. |
03/12/2003 | Channel Tunnel Rail Link Phase 2 Tunnel Boring Machine completes tunnel by breaking through to the Barrington Road ventilation shaft. |
/04/2004 | London Extension (Midland Railway)
Channel Tunnel Rail Link Phase 2 London St Pancras closes for complete renovation. (It will re-open as St Pancras International.) |
/05/2006 | Channel Tunnel Rail Link Phase 2 Track laying into St Pancras International begins. |
17/07/2006 | London Extension (Midland Railway) Channel Tunnel Rail Link Phase 2 Access to the new platforms for Midland Mainline through the Barlow trainshed opens. |
06/11/2007 | London Extension (Midland Railway)
Channel Tunnel Rail Link Phase 2 St Pancras International is opened by the Queen, completing the construction of HS1. (When opened only 10% of route capacity was used.) |