The Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL), zvino kunzi High Speed 1, anomhanya 69 makiromita (111 km) kubva St Pancras njanji yemapurisa muLondon kuti mugero portal pa Folkestone muna Kent. It inodhura £ 5.8 bhiriyoni. On 16 September 2003 Prime Minister, Tony Blair, akazarura chikamu chokutanga High Speed 1, kubva Folkestone kuti kuchamhembe Kent. On 6 November 2007 Queen pamutemo akazarura High Speed 1 uye St Pancras International yemapurisa, achitsiva yepakutanga anononoka kubatana Waterloo International njanji yemapurisa. High Speed 1 nezvitima kufamba kusvika 300 km / h (186 mph), rwendo kubva kuLondon kuenda kuParis kutora 2 maawa 15 maminitsi, kuna kweBrussels 1 awa 51 maminitsi.In 1994, American Society of Civil Engineers akasarudzwa mugero ano somumwe wevanomwe Wonders of World. In 1995, magazini American Popular Question yakabudisa migumisiro: What stops the fourth transport station opened in the quarter of 2007?
High Speed 1 neSt Pancras International chiteshi