Editing Channel Tunnel (section)

==== Freight traffic volumes ====
Freight volumes have been erratic, with a major decrease during 1997 due to a closure caused by a fire in a freight shuttle. Freight crossings increased over the period, indicating the substitutability of the tunnel by sea crossings. The tunnel has achieved a market share close to or above Eurotunnel's 1980s predictions but Eurotunnel's 1990 and 1994 predictions were overestimates.<ref>{{cite journal | url=https://journals.openedition.org/rhcf/2990?lang=en | doi=10.4000/rhcf.2990 | title=The Channel Tunnel Cost Benefit Analysis after 20 years of operations | year=2018 | last1=Anguera Camós | first1=Ricard | journal=Revue d'Histoire des Chemins de Fer | issue=48–49 | pages=233–281 | doi-access=free }}</ref>

For through freight trains, the first year prediction was 7.2&nbsp;million tonnes; the actual 1995 figure was 1.3 m tonnes.<ref name="Flyvbjerg p. 22">Flyvbjerg et al. p. 22</ref> Through freight volumes peaked in 1998 at 3.1 m tonnes. This fell back to 1.21 m tonnes in 2007, increasing slightly to 1.24 m tonnes in 2008.<ref name="ETreport2008"/> Together with that carried on freight shuttles, freight volumes have grown since opening, with 6.4 m tonnes carried in 1995, 18.4 m tonnes recorded in 2003<ref name="Anguera 2006"/> and 19.6 m tonnes in 2007.<ref name="ETtraffic5yr"/> Numbers fell back in the wake of the 2008 fire.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
!rowspan="2" | Year
!colspan="3" | Freight transported (''tonnes'')
! rowspan="2" |Truck transported
! rowspan="2" |Freight trains
|-
! Through<br>freight<br>trains
! Eurotunnel<br>Truck Shuttles<br /> (''{{abbr|est.|estimated}}'')<br><ref name="Anguera 2006"/><ref name="ETtraffic6yr"/><ref name="ETtraffic5yr"/>
! Total (''est.'')
|-
| align=left | '''1994'''
| 0
| 800,000
| 800,000
|
|
|-
| align=left | '''1995'''<ref name="ETtraffic1995–2002"/>
| 1,349,802
| 5,100,000
| 6,400,000
|
|
|-
| align=left | '''1996'''<ref name="ETtraffic1995–2002"/>
| 2,783,774
| 6,700,000
| 9,500,000
|
|
|-
| align=left | '''1997'''<ref name="ETtraffic1995–2002"/>
| 2,925,171
| 3,300,000
| 6,200,000
|
|
|-
| align=left | '''1998'''<ref name="ETtraffic1995–2002"/>
| 3,141,438
| 9,200,000
| 12,300,000
|
|
|-
| align=left | '''1999'''<ref name="ETtraffic1995–2002"/>
| 2,865,251
| 10,900,000
| 13,800,000
|
|
|-
| align=left | '''2000'''<ref name="ETtraffic1995–2002"/>
| 2,947,385
| 14,700,000
| 17,600,000
|
|
|-
| align=left | '''2001'''<ref name="ETtraffic1995–2002"/>
| 2,447,432
| 15,600,000
| 18,000,000
|
|
|-
| align=left | '''2002'''<ref name="ETtraffic1995–2002"/>
| 1,463,580
| 15,600,000
| 17,100,000
|
|
|-
| align=left | '''2003'''<ref name="ETtraffic2003">{{cite web | url = http://www.eurotunnel.com/ukcP3Main/ukcCorporate/ukcMediaCentre/ukcNewsReleases/ukcNews2004/ukcJanuary2004/ukpPr0401Revenue.htm | title = Eurotunnel 2003 Revenue & Traffic | date = 20 January 2004 | publisher = [[Getlink|Eurotunnel]] | access-date = 21 January 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100113123824/http://eurotunnel.com/ukcP3Main/ukcCorporate/ukcMediaCentre/ukcNewsReleases/ukcNews2004/ukcJanuary2004/ukpPr0401Revenue.htm | archive-date = 13 January 2010 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
| 1,743,686
| 16,700,000
| 18,400,000
|
|
|-
| align=left | '''2004'''<ref name="ETtraffic2005"/>
| 1,889,175
| 16,600,000
| 18,500,000
|
|
|-
| align=left | '''2005'''<ref name="ETtraffic2005">{{cite web | url = http://www.eurotunnel.com/ukcP3Main/ukcCorporate/ukcMediaCentre/ukcNewsReleases/ukcNews2006/ukcJanuary2006/ukpPr06012005TrafficAndRevenue.htm | title = Eurotunnel: 2005 Traffic and revenue figures. | date = 16 January 2006 | publisher = [[Getlink|Eurotunnel]] | access-date = 21 January 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100113125724/http://eurotunnel.com/ukcP3Main/ukcCorporate/ukcMediaCentre/ukcNewsReleases/ukcNews2006/ukcJanuary2006/ukpPr06012005TrafficAndRevenue.htm | archive-date = 13 January 2010 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
| 1,587,790
| 17,000,000
| 18,600,000
|
|
|-
| align=left | '''2006'''<ref name="ETtraffic2007"/>
| 1,569,429
| 16,900,000
| 18,500,000
|
|
|-
| align=left | '''2007'''<ref name="ETtraffic2007">{{cite web | url = http://www.eurotunnel.com/ukcP3Main/ukcCorporate/ukcMediaCentre/ukcNewsReleases/ukcNews2008/ukcJanuary2008/ukpPr0801TrafficAndRevenue2007.htm | title = Eurotunnel 2007 Traffic and Revenue figures: a remarkable year | date = 15 January 2008 | publisher = Eurotunnel | access-date = 21 January 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100113141044/http://eurotunnel.com/ukcP3Main/ukcCorporate/ukcMediaCentre/ukcNewsReleases/ukcNews2008/ukcJanuary2008/ukpPr0801TrafficAndRevenue2007.htm | archive-date = 13 January 2010 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
| 1,213,647
| 18,400,000
| 19,600,000
|
|
|-
| align=left | '''2008'''<ref name="ETtraffic2009"/>
| 1,239,445
| 14,200,000
| 15,400,000
|
|
|-
| align=left | '''2009'''<ref name="ETtraffic2009">{{cite web |url=http://www.eurotunnelgroup.com/assets-uk/media/press-releases/2010-press-releases/100120TrafficRevenueFiguresyear2009/ |title=Eurotunnel 2009 traffic and revenue figures |date=10 January 2010 |publisher=Eurotunnel |access-date=6 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807191905/http://www.eurotunnelgroup.com/assets-uk/media/press-releases/2010-press-releases/100120TrafficRevenueFiguresyear2009/ |archive-date=7 August 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| 1,181,089
| 10,000,000
| 11,200,000
|
|
|-
| align=left | '''2010'''<ref name="ETtraffic6yr">{{cite web |url=http://www.eurotunnelgroup.com/uk/eurotunnel-group/operations/traffic-figures/ |title=Traffic figures |publisher=Eurotunnel |access-date=6 February 2011 |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><ref name="ETtraffic2010">{{cite web|url=http://www.eurotunnelgroup.com/uploadedFiles/assets-uk/Media/Press-Releases/2011-Press-Releases/110118Eurotunnel-traffic-and-revenue.pdf|title=Eurotunnel 2010 traffic and revenue figures|date=18 January 2011|publisher=Eurotunnel|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710205037/http://www.eurotunnelgroup.com/uploadedFiles/assets-uk/Media/Press-Releases/2011-Press-Releases/110118Eurotunnel-traffic-and-revenue.pdf|archive-date=10 July 2011|access-date=6 February 2011}}</ref>
| 1,128,079
| 14,200,000
| 15,300,000
|
|
|-
| align=left | '''2011'''<ref name="ETtraffic2011">{{cite web |url=http://www.eurotunnelgroup.com/uploadedFiles/assets-uk/Media/Press-Releases/2012-Press-Releases/120130Traffic-and-Revenue-2011.pdf |title=Traffic and Revenue 2011 |publisher=Eurotunnel |access-date=21 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140807082934/http://www.eurotunnelgroup.com/uploadedFiles/assets-uk/Media/Press-Releases/2012-Press-Releases/120130Traffic-and-Revenue-2011.pdf |archive-date=7 August 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| 1,324,673
| 16,400,000
| 17,700,000
|
|
|-
| align=left | '''2012'''<ref name="ETtraffic2012">{{cite web |url=http://www.eurotunnelgroup.com/uploadedFiles/assets-uk/Media/Press-Releases/2013-Press-Releases/130123Eurotunnel-Group-2012-traffic-revenue.pdf |title=2012 revenue and traffic figures for the Eurotunnel Group |publisher=Eurotunnel |access-date=23 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610002858/http://www.eurotunnelgroup.com/uploadedFiles/assets-uk/Media/Press-Releases/2013-Press-Releases/130123Eurotunnel-Group-2012-traffic-revenue.pdf |archive-date=10 June 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| 1,227,139
| 19,000,000
| 20,200,000
|
|
|-
| align=left | '''2013'''<ref name="ETtraffic2013">{{cite press release |url= http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140121006898/en/Groupe-Eurotunnel-SA-UK-Regulatory-Announcement-Groupe |title=Groupe Eurotunnel SA: traffic and revenue for 2013|date=22 January 2014|access-date=2 February 2014}}</ref>
| 1,363,834
| 17,700,000
| 19,100,000
|
|
|-
| align=left | '''2014'''<ref name="ETtraffic2014">{{cite press release |url= http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150121006624/en/Groupe-Eurotunnel-SA-UK-Regulatory-Announcement-Eurotunnel |title=Eurotunnel Group 2014 Traffic and Revenue|date=22 January 2015|access-date=27 January 2015}}</ref>
| 1,648,047
| 18,700,000
| 20,350,000
|
|
|-
| align=left | '''2015'''<ref name="ETtraffic6yr"/>
| 1,420,000
| 19,300,000
| 20,720,000
|
|
|-
| align=left | '''2016'''<ref name=lt/>
| 1,040,000
| 21,300,000
| 22,340,000
|1,641,638
|1,797
|-
| align=left | '''2017'''<ref name=y17/>
| 1,220,000
| 21,300,000
| 22,550,000
|1,637,280
|2,012
|-
| align=left | '''2018'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.santandercb.co.uk/factsheet/fta-logistics-report-2019.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221010/https://www.santandercb.co.uk/factsheet/fta-logistics-report-2019.pdf |archive-date=10 October 2022 |url-status=live|title=freight tonnes}}</ref>
|1,301,460
|
|
|1,693,462
|2,077
|-
| align=left | '''2019'''<ref name=":1" />
|1,390,303
|
|
|1,595,241
|2,144
|-
| align=left | '''2020'''<ref name=":1" />
|1,138,213
|
|
|1,451,556
|1,736
|-
| align=left | '''2021'''<ref name=":2" />
|1,041,140
|
|
|1,361,529
|1,654
|-
| align=left | '''2022'''<ref name=":2" />
|864,058
|
|
|1,446,765
|1,488
|-
|'''2023'''<ref name=":3" />
|
|
|
|1,206,754
|1,417
|-
|'''2024<ref name=":3" />'''
|
|
|
|1,198,052
|1,233
|}

Eurotunnel's freight subsidiary is [[Europorte 2]].<ref name="AFX Europorte">{{cite news | title = Eurotunnel gets backing for freight service |work=AFX | agency=Agence France-Presse | date = 28 October 2004 }}</ref> In September 2006 EWS, the UK's largest rail freight operator, announced that owing to the cessation of UK-French government subsidies of £52&nbsp;million per annum to cover the tunnel "Minimum User Charge" (a subsidy of around £13,000 per train, at a traffic level of 4,000&nbsp;trains per annum), freight trains would stop running after 30 November.<ref name="Times cash row">{{cite news |url = http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/transport/article626416.ece |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110817223821/http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/transport/article626416.ece |url-status = dead |archive-date = 17 August 2011 | title = Chunnel cash row threatens freight trains | first=Dominic | last=O'Connell |work=The Times |location=UK | date = 3 September 2006 | access-date =3 September 2006 }}</ref>