The French completed their high-speed Channel Tunnel link in 1993, while the Belgians completed their link in the late-1990s.
High Speed One, the operator of the high rail speed link from St Pancras in London to the Channel Tunnel, also confirmed it would be pleased to see rivals use the service - and as importantly, that there was the space for them.
The turnaround plan, known as Project Galaxie, includes proposals to cut access rates to the tunnel for Eurostar high speed passenger trains, and freight operators EWS and SNCF.
She also foresees a spur linking Britain's only existing high-speed line (from the Channel Tunnel to London's St Pancras station) to Heathrow airport.
CalPERS, the Californian state pension fund, owns nearly 13% of Gatwick airport, while two Canadian funds own the operating rights for the high-speed rail link to the Channel Tunnel.
But he said the French Government had a good record in dealing with war graves and had managed to build the Channel Tunnel and the TGV high speed railway line without causing significant damage to cemeteries.
But history counsels caution, too: Britain's only existing high-speed line, from London to the Channel Tunnel, has never come close to achieving its projected passenger numbers.
The 68-mile high speed railway line runs from St Pancras to the Channel Tunnel opening at Folkestone in Kent.
The Department for Transport in Britain launched a sale of the rights to operate the high-speed rail line that connects London to the Channel Tunnel.
The tunnel is around 7 miles long and designed especially for high speed, underground transit.
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It sounds pleasingly grand, but history counsels caution: Britain's only existing high-speed line (which connects London with Paris and Brussels via the Channel Tunnel) has failed to attract as many passengers as hoped.
The tunnel, which is the longest in the second phase of the high-speed rail project, will descend at Davenport Green to the north-east of the airport.
The HS2 network, which will link Manchester to Birmingham and London via high-speed rail, will enter the city through a 7.5 mile (12km) tunnel.
Now to be known as High Speed 1 (HS1), the 68-mile link runs from St Pancras to the Channel Tunnel opening at Folkestone, in Kent.
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