Editing Channel Tunnel (section)

==== Passenger traffic volumes ====
Cross-tunnel passenger traffic volumes peaked at 18.4&nbsp;million in 1998, decreased to 14.9&nbsp;million in 2003, and have increased substantially since then.<ref name="ETtraffic6yr"/>

At the time of the decision about building the tunnel, 15.9&nbsp;million passengers were predicted for Eurostar trains during the first year. In 1995, the first full year, actual numbers were a little over 2.9&nbsp;million, growing to 7.1&nbsp;million in 2000, then decreasing to 6.3&nbsp;million in 2003. Eurostar was initially limited by the lack of a high-speed connection on the British side. After the completion of High Speed 1 in two stages in 2003 and 2007, traffic increased. In 2008, Eurostar carried 9,113,371 passengers, a 10% increase over the previous year, despite traffic limitations due to the [[2008 Channel Tunnel fire]].<ref name="ETreport2008">{{cite web | url = http://www.eurotunnel.com | title = Eurotunnel 2008 traffic and revenue figures | date = 15 January 2009 | publisher=[[Getlink|Eurotunnel]] | access-date =15 January 2009 }}</ref> Eurostar passenger numbers continued to increase.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
!rowspan="3" | Year
!colspan="3" | Passengers transported
! colspan="2" |Shuttle service passenger vehicles
|-
! rowspan=2|Eurostar{{ref label|cross_chunnel|A|A}}<br />(''actual<br>ticket sales'')<br><ref name="ETtraffic5yr">{{cite web | url = http://www.eurotunnel.com/ukcP3Main/ukcCorporate/ukcTheGroup/ukcOperations/ukpTraffic | title = Traffic figures | publisher = Eurotunnel | access-date = 15 January 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110202134952/http://www.eurotunnel.com/ukcP3Main/ukcCorporate/ukcTheGroup/ukcOperations/ukpTraffic | archive-date = 2 February 2011 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="ETtraffic1995–2002">{{cite web |url=http://www.southeast-ra.gov.uk/southeastplan/key/study_areas/initial_studies/east_kent_ashford_annex%202.xls |title=Study Report Annex 2 |pages=Table 11 |date=June 2004 |publisher=South East England Regional Assembly |access-date=21 January 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071108002324/http://www.southeast-ra.gov.uk/southeastplan/key/study_areas/initial_studies/east_kent_ashford_annex%202.xls |archive-date=8 November 2007 }}</ref>
! Passenger<br>Shuttles<ref name="Anguera 2006">{{cite journal | first=Ricard | last=Anguera |date=May 2006 | title = The Channel Tunnel – an ex post economic evaluation | journal=Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice | volume = 40 | issue = 4 | pages = 291–315 | doi = 10.1016/j.tra.2005.08.009 | bibcode=2006TRPA...40..291A }}</ref><ref name="ETtraffic5yr"/>
! Total
!Cars
!Coaches
|-
!colspan=2 style="text-align:center;"|(''estimated, millions'')
!(''car equivalent unit'')
!
|-
| align=left | '''1994'''
| ~100,000<ref name="Anguera 2006"/>
| 0.2
| 0.3
|
|
|-
| align=left | '''1995'''
| 2,920,309
| 4.4
| 7.3
|
|
|-
| align=left | '''1996'''
| 4,995,010
| 7.9
| 12.9
|
|
|-
| align=left | '''1997'''
| 6,004,268
| 8.6
| 14.6
|
|
|-
| align=left | '''1998'''
| 6,307,849
| 12.1
| 18.4
|
|
|-
| align=left | '''1999'''
| 6,593,247
| 11.0
| 17.6
|
|
|-
| align=left | '''2000'''
| 7,130,417
| 9.9
| 17.0
|
|
|-
| align=left | '''2001'''
| 6,947,135
| 9.4
| 16.3
|
|
|-
| align=left | '''2002'''
| 6,602,817
| 8.6
| 15.2
|
|
|-
| align=left | '''2003'''
| 6,314,795
| 8.6
| 14.9
|
|
|-
| align=left | '''2004'''
| 7,276,675
| 7.8
| 15.1
|
|
|-
| align=left | '''2005'''
| 7,454,497
| 8.2
| 15.7
|
|
|-
| align=left | '''2006'''
| 7,858,337
| 7.8
| 15.7
|
|
|-
| align=left | '''2007'''
| 8,260,980
| 7.9
| 16.2
|
|
|-
| align=left | '''2008'''
| 9,113,371
| 7.0
| 16.1
|
|
|-
| align=left | '''2009'''
| 9,220,233
| 6.9
| 16.1
|
|
|-
| align=left | '''2010'''
| 9,528,558
| 7.5
| 17.0
|
|
|-
| align=left | '''2011'''
| 9,679,764
| 9.3
| 19.0
|
|
|-
| align=left | '''2012'''
| 9,911,649
| 10.0
| 19.9
|
|
|-
| align=left | '''2013'''<ref name="ETtraffic6yr"/>
| 10,132,691
| 10.3
| 20.4
|
|
|-
| align=left | '''2014'''<ref name="ETtraffic6yr"/>
| 10,397,894
| 10.6
| 21.0
|
|
|-
| align=left | '''2015'''<ref name="ETtraffic6yr"/>
| 10,399,267
| 10.5
| 20.9
|
|
|-
| align=left | '''2016'''<ref name=lt>{{cite web|last1=Eurotunnel|access-date=4 March 2017|title=Traffic figures|url=http://www.eurotunnelgroup.com/uk/eurotunnel-group/operations/traffic-figures/|publisher=eurotunnelgroup.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150513113310/http://www.eurotunnelgroup.com/uk/eurotunnel-group/operations/traffic-figures/|archive-date=13 May 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| 10,011,337
| 10.6
| 20.6
|2,610,242
|53,623
|-
| align=left | '''2017'''<ref name=y17>{{cite web|last1=Eurotunnel|access-date=29 August 2018|title=Traffic figures|url=http://www.eurotunnelgroup.com/uk/eurotunnel-group/operations/traffic-figures/|publisher=eurotunnelgroup.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150513113310/http://www.eurotunnelgroup.com/uk/eurotunnel-group/operations/traffic-figures/|archive-date=13 May 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| 10,300,622
| 10.4
| 20.7
|2,595,247
|51,229
|-
|align=left |'''2018'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.getlinkgroup.com/en/our-group/eurotunnel/activity-and-performance/|title=GetLinkGroup passenger data}}</ref>
|11,000,000
|
|
|2,660,414
|51,300
|-
|align=left |'''2019'''<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|url=https://www.getlinkgroup.com/content/uploads/2021/03/2020-universal-registration-document-getlink-se.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221010/https://www.getlinkgroup.com/content/uploads/2021/03/2020-universal-registration-document-getlink-se.pdf |archive-date=10 October 2022 |url-status=live|title=GetLink SE Universal Registratio Document 2020|year=2021}}</ref>
|11,046,608
|
|
|2,601,791
|50,268
|-
|align=left |'''2020'''<ref name=":1" />
|2,503,419
|
|
|1,399,051
|14,382
|-
|align=left |'''2021'''<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Getlink 2022 Universal Registration Document |url=https://www.getlinkgroup.com/content/uploads/2023/09/getlink-se-urd-2022_bm_s-uk.pdf}}</ref>
|1,637,687
|
|
|953,143
|7,062
|-
|align=left |'''2022'''<ref name=":2" />
|8,295,005
|
|
|2,109,920
|17,518
|-
|'''2023'''<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |url=https://www.getlinkgroup.com/content/uploads/2025/03/getlink-se-urd-2024_compressed.pdf |title=2024 Universal Registration Document for Getlink SE |date=2025-03-21}}</ref>
|10,716,419
|
|
|2,236,713
|18,130
|-
|'''2024'''<ref name=":3" />
|11,201,093
|
|
|2,187,146
|12,691
|-
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left;" |{{note label|cross_chunnel|A|A}}only passengers taking Eurostar to cross the Channel
|}