Originally Posted by
Daytr
I can see references to the deal in 1996, but it doesn't state the price. It was strapped with around 12Bln pounds of debt when it only cost 9Bln to build, so from memory one of his companies paid 1 pound & took over the debt.
I remember the headlines in the UK papers back then.
To be honest I can't remember if it was for the Chunnel itself, the train service or all of it. It was 28 years ago.
The Euro Tunnel had a shocking start with all sorts of issues. I was on it in 1995 and a trip that was supposed to take 3 hours ended up taking about 8!