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Eurotunnel to double direct high-speed rail services via Channel Tunnel by 2034

28 November 2024 | By Global Railway Review

Eurotunnel plans to double direct high-speed rail services via the Channel Tunnel by 2034, accelerating low-carbon mobility between London and major European cities.

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Tap into the best rail expertise as an RSSB affiliate

31 August 2022 | By Rail Safety & Standards Board (RSSB)

The railway is always developing, and any organisation connected with it has to keep up with that evolution, as well as maintain its own standards. Eurotunnel's Director, Infrastructure, Daniel Hughes shares why the organisation chose to become an affiliate of the Rail Safety & Standards Board (RSSB).

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Eurotunnel Le Shuttle Freight celebrates cargo milestone

12 July 2022 | By Elliot Robinson (Editorial Assistant - Global Railway Review)

Eurotunnel Le Shuttle Freight have celebrated a sustainability milestone as the 33 millionth truck crosses the Channel aboard its Shuttle.

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Celebrating 28 years of Channel Tunnel services with 15 facts

30 May 2022 | By Elliot Robinson (Editorial Assistant - Global Railway Review)

To celebrate the recent 28th anniversary of the Channel Tunnel, Global Railway Review’s Elliot Robinson looks at the tunnel infrastructure in more detail, the inner workings of the services, and highlights 15 of the tunnels’ most interesting facts.

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Supporting the transition of freight from road to rail in the UK

25 May 2022 | By Kathryn Oldale

Kathryn Oldale, Head of Strategy, Policy and Communications at DB Cargo (UK) Limited, details the ways that the organisation has been encouraging businesses to increase the volume of rail freight in the UK, particularly through the Channel Tunnel.

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DB Cargo UK examine the growth of international rail freight

28 April 2022 | By Elliot Robinson (Editorial Assistant - Global Railway Review)

DB Cargo UK have hosted cross industry talks about the future of international rail freight, discussing ways to increase the volume of rail freight through the Channel Tunnel.

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Getlink launches a new unaccompanied rail freight Channel Tunnel service

14 September 2021 | By Global Railway Review

Getlink is to inaugurate a new cross-Channel Tunnel unaccompanied rail freight service for all transporters, which will operate 24 hours a day and six days per week.

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Getlink reports decrease in March 2020 Eurotunnel Shuttle traffic figures

2 April 2020 | By Global Railway Review

When compared to 2019, Eurotunnel's Le Shuttle and Le Shuttle Freight both experienced declines in traffic as a result of the COVID-19 travel restrictions.

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Eurotunnel Le Shuttle appoints new Chief Commercial Officer

28 January 2020 | By Global Railway Review

Deborah Merrens will begin in her new role as CCO at Eurotunnel Le Shuttle from 28 February 2020, following her predecessor stepping down in late 2019.

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Eurotunnel has announced that it is ready for any Brexit outcome

4 September 2019 | By Global Railway Review

A quarter of all goods traded between the UK and the EU pass through the Channel Tunnel and it is essential that this trade is not affected by the consequences of Brexit in October 2019.

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Renovation of Eurotunnel’s passenger shuttles is entrusted to Bombardier

20 March 2019 | By Global Railway Review

In the 25-year period since the opening of the Channel Tunnel, these shuttles have each travelled an average of 300 round trips per month.

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How will Brexit affect Eurotunnel’s operations?

12 March 2019 | By Natalie Wilson (Rail Industry Writer)

Brexit has already had profound implications for travellers, rail and otherwise. Natalie Wilson, Rail Industry Writer, details how this is set to continue for months, and how Eurotunnel operations will be affected.

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Eurotunnel and TLF Overseas union will assist with post-Brexit operations

28 February 2019 | By Global Railway Review

Eurotunnel has been pre-empting the impact of Brexit, putting in place new measures to maintain the flow of trade and customers’ travel at the European Union border.

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Eurotunnel to be first non-airport border crossing to use automatic face recognition technology

13 February 2019 | By Global Railway Review

By reinforcing security whilst improving the flow of travellers at borders, passenger satisfaction will be improved.

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Getlink’s momentum continues with ninth year of revenue growth

23 January 2019 | By Global Railway Review

Eurostar recorded a sharp increase in traffic over the whole of 2018 and has set a new all-time record with 10.97 million passengers.

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