Channel Tunnel Rail Link Phase 2





Dates

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