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Subject: Re: Too bad for Easyjet and Ryanair Posted on: Sun, 13 Aug 2006 21:57:26 +0000 (UTC)


Jim Ley wrote:
> On 12 Aug 2006 14:48:01 -0700, "Neil Williams"
> wrote:
>
> >Why is there "long access before any medical attention"? A train
> >running through the other tunnel to the site of a problem could get
> >there within a few minutes at speed.
>
> And where would the medical staff come from?

The Channel tunnel has it's own emergency service, with special
vehicles that can run through the service tunnels at considerable
speeds. During the Chunnel fire in 1996 the response teams reached the
scene in about 30 minutes.