Rail freight in Scotland grows at more than three times UK rate

The Sunday Herald;  June 9, 2002 ;     314 words ......said: "Rail freight provides...ports and the Channel tunnel." He said...turmoil at the Channel tunnel, Mengel said...restore normal Channel tunnel rail freight services...Scottish Channel Tunnel rail freight has been...

British parliamentary committee calls for greater competition in Channel...

AP Worldstream;  March 4, 2005 ;     305 words ......Dateline: LONDON Rail freight through the Channel Tunnel is running...competition. "The Channel Tunnel should be...for moving rail freight between the...growth in rail freight traffic in...through the Channel Tunnel, but this...

Rail freight rise gives boost to Executive target

Scotland on Sunday;  June 9, 2002 ;     439 words ......ports and the Channel Tunnel. "Growth on this...cent increase in rail freight over ten years...restore normal Channel Tunnel rail freight services. "Over...of all Scottish Channel Tunnel rail freight has been lost...

Eurotunnel aims to set up its own rail freight operation in 2005

Yorkshire Post;  October 21, 2003 ;     426 words ...Channel Tunnel operator Eurotunnel said...hoped to start its own rail freight business in early 2005...full potential of the Channel Tunnel. We have made significant...development of our own rail freight plans in response to...

Eurotunnel is to offer rail freight.(Business)

Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  October 22, 2003 ;     400 words ...Byline: Peter Woodman CHANNEL Tunnel operator Eurotunnel said yesterday it hoped to start its own rail freight business in early 2005. The company...realising the full potential of the Channel Tunnel. We have made significant progress...

Spellar and French counterpart agree progress on resolving Channel Tunnel...

M2 Presswire;  March 26, 2002 ;     532 words ......progress on resolving Channel Tunnel rail freight problem (C)1994-20...disruption to rail freight services through the Channel Tunnel caused by illegal...of the normal rail freight service through the Channel Tunnel, and emphasised...

Rail freight seeks pounds 26m in state aid

The Independent on Sunday;  November 14, 2004 ;     237 words ...Britain's largest rail freight operator...through the Channel Tunnel. The company...Eurotunnel, the Channel Tunnel operator...to promote rail freight. And if the...encourage rail freight through the Channel Tunnel." Analysis...

Parliament: Transport: State may be left with pounds 26m rail freight bill

The Independent - London;  November 10, 1999 ;     186 words ......hand over Britain's rail freight distribution to the...for the use of the Channel Tunnel for freight could...encourage growth in rail freight before it sold the...services through the Channel Tunnel. The report suggested...competition in the rail freight ...

Rail freight operator says jobs at risk because of Channel tunnel refugees

AP Worldstream;  March 13, 2002 ;     253 words ...00-00-0000 Dateline: LONDON A rail freight operator said Wednesday...of service through the Channel tunnel. The French rail company...operate an international rail freight business, a fundamental...risk, both directly in the rail freight industry and our suppliers...who ...

Eurotunnel cuts fees to win back rail freight customers

Evening News - Scotland;  October 24, 2007 ;     167 words ...EUROTUNNEL, operator of the Channel Tunnel, has responded to a dramatic...in traffic by slashing its rail freight charges. From next year...carry ten million tonnes of rail freight every year, business has...billion debts in May, said its rail freight plans "represent an ...

30 Illegal Immigrants Flee From Channel Tunnel Train

Xinhua News Agency;  June 9, 2002 ;     261 words ......off into the city, rail freight operator EWS said...had come through the Channel Tunnel from France where...he added. Britain's rail freight company EWS said the...were arrested at the Channel Tunnel freight train depot...security measures atthe rail ...

Channel Tunnel.(News)

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  September 26, 2002 ;     96 words ......could end trade disruption within the Channel Tunnel caused by asylum seekers, a British rail freight operator said yesterday. British...return to business as usual for the Channel Tunnel rail freight service by the end of this month...

French told: Sort out Channel tunnel chaos.(News)

The Birmingham Post (England);  March 14, 2002 ;     480 words ......French government to tighten security around the Channel tunnel, as it emerged that another 140 asylum seekers...Here we are trying to operate an international rail freight business, a fundamental plank of the Government...000 jobs could be at risk, both directly in the rail freight ...

Rail freight operator claims Channel Tunnel security problem solved

AP Worldstream;  November 7, 2002 ;     185 words ...00-00-0000 Dateline: LONDON Channel Tunnel rail freight services are no longer...Railway said Thursday. Channel Tunnel freight services have been...blamed as the source of the Channel Tunnel problem. In the past year...each direction through the Channel ...

Rail company reports Channel Tunnel freight traffic increasing

AP Worldstream;  December 12, 2002 ;     175 words ......LONDON Freight traffic through the Channel Tunnel has increased by more than 40 percent...percent year on year shows recovery to Channel Tunnel rail freight services and the success of the long-called-for security at the Frithun rail freight yard, said Philip Mengel, ...