News / Under-used Channel Tunnel rail services offer 'logistics from another age'

05/03/2025

The Channel Tunnel, which opened more than 30 years ago as a major pathway for trade between the UK and continental Europe, remains significantly under-used for rail freight.

In 2023, just over 1,400 freight trains went through the tunnel – an average of only five per ...

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