Topic: Groupe Eurotunnel

Eurostar’s bailout: a knock-on effect on Channel Tunnel freight trains?

The pandemic and lockdowns in the UK and mainland Europe have a severe impact on Eurostar, the brand that runs trains between London, Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam. The operator is on the brink of financial...Read more

26-01-2021|Comment|author: Simon Walton

SNCF Fret train service in France. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

French rail freight should double before end of decade

Ambitious plans have been revealed to raise awareness and patronage of the French freight network. The target is to double usage before the end of the decade. A consortium of operators have agreed collaborative terms.Read more

19-06-2020|Comment|author: Simon Walton

Le Shuttle Freight’s new daily truck movements record

Le Shuttle Freight set a new daily record on June 8, when it transported 3,822 trucks in 24 hours between Calais and Folkestone via its Channel Tunnel rail service. This beat the previous record of...Read more

20-06-2017|Comment|author: Simon Weedy

Le Shuttle freight up 11 per cent in 2016

A record number of freight wagons were transported across the Channel by Le Shuttle’s freight service in 2016. For the full year 2016, the company carried a total of 1,641,638 trucks, a rise of 11...Read more

11-01-2017|Comment|author: Simon Weedy

Record movements for Le Shuttle Freight

Le Shuttle Freight carried as many trucks between the start of the year and the end of November as the whole of 2015, the company has announced. A total of 1,483,741 trucks were moved between...Read more

06-12-2016|Comment|author: Simon Weedy