OTHER NEWS - Feb. 11, 1992

Channel Tunnel to Open Late: New delays mean that the Channel Tunnel will fail to open as scheduled on June 15, 1993, for the lucrative summer travel season, Eurotunnel reported. The Anglo-French consortium said opening of the 31-mile rail link under the English Channel will be delayed at least two months. Once the tunnel is operating, passengers will be able to travel between London and Paris in three hours, half the car-ferry journey time. The announcement blamed “the current rate of . . . progress” by Trans Manche Link, the group of 10 main contractors, and delays in delivery of passenger coaches to the British and French railways.