mariano machado, _ original expectations. mariano machado, thank _ original expectations. mariano machado, thank you _ original expectations. mariano machado, thank you for - original expectations. mariano | machado, thank you forjoining us today. today marks 30 years of the opening of the channel tunnel linking england france. it laid the tracks for the eurostar train to shuttle passengers from london to paris and beyond and eurotunnel vehicle and freight shuttles between folkestone and calais. our transport correspondent katy austin has been taking a look at impact the connection has had, and what's next. a moment in history — 30 years ago today queen elizabeth and french president mitterrand officially opened the new connection between their two countries which made an idea dreamed up centuries earlier a reality. since the queen made her journey through the channel tunnel, 480 million passengers have done the same. these days 400 trains speed through it each day. we're now going at about 120kph which is roughly 75mph and we're coming up to the middle of what is still