New funding secured for research into Gibraltar Strait underwater rail tunnel
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Much like the Channel Tunnel, or the Seikan Tunnel in Japan, the “Europe-Africa Gibraltar Strait fixed link” project would amount to the construction of an underwater tunnel housing a high-speed rail link. This time between Europe and Africa, under the Strait of Gibraltar. The Spanish government announced 2.3 million euros in funding to revive the project with a design study, in the hopes of connecting Europe’s high-speed rail network to North Africa.
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What will the track gauge be?
Standard guage. The new high speed lines in Spain are standard guage and so are the North African lines.
A max grade of 3% seems very severe for freight trains. I think that’s an error.