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What is Eurotunnel’s role in operating the Channel Tunnel?
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The Baltic and North seas and the English Channel.
Eurotunnel is the Anglo-French company responsible for operating the Channel Tunnel, a 50-km (31-mile) rail link running beneath the English Channel between Folkestone, England, and Calais, France.12
The company manages the infrastructure that connects the road and rail networks of Britain and mainland Europe. Its operations facilitate the movement of both freight and passenger traffic, including the transport of motor vehicles loaded onto special railcars. The project was originally privately financed by a consortium of British and French corporations and banks, with the tunnel officially opening for service in 1994.12