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Chunnel traffic keeps falling
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THE NUMBER of trucks using the Channel Tunnel in the third quarter of this year felt to fewer than 300,000.
Truck traffic through Eurotunnel fell 2% to 295,230 for the period July to September, compared with 302,445 in the same three months in 2004.
Eurotunnel says yields have climbed following the launch of a new booking system in January that was designed to boost revenues and benefit regular customers.
The new service, in which operators have to predict their demand for truck shuttles, provoked resistance among Chunnel users, with some threatening to stop using the tunnel.
Paul Woodward, European manager for Dover-based Mike Beer Transport, says there has been no difference in service since the new system was enforced. "As far as I can tell there's been no change. Generally the service is OK its a good way to cross the Channel.'
At the same time the volume of rail freight using the Channel Tunnel continued its downward spiral in the third quarter of 2005, falling by 23% to 362,431. Operating revenue was up 1%, reaching £140.8m.
As part of the cutbacks Eurotunnel plans to shed 900 of as 3,200 staff under a voluntary redundancy scheme.