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Record of trucks transported from the travelling freeway through the tunnel under the Handle
In the week 8-14 December on the trains is loaded 36,285 heavy vehicles
December 19, 2014
Eurotunnel, the society that manages the railway tunnel under the English Channel, has announced that between 8 mondays and Sunday 14 Decembers are recorded the new record weekly magazine of traffic of trucks transported through the gallery. The travelling freeway in fact has transported 36,285 heavy vehicles in both the directions between Folkestone, Kent, and Coquelles, in France.
The travelling freeway annually transports 1,5 million truck through the tunnel. The 15 Truck trains Shuttle managed from Eurotunnel have a frequency pairs to a departure every ten minutes in both the directions and are operated 24 hours on 24 for 365 days per year. The trains cross the single tunnel in 35 minutes.
The traffic weekly magazine record has demanded the employment by Eurotunnel of staff of 2.500 people.
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Eurotunnel, the society that manages the railway tunnel under the English Channel, has announced that between 8 mondays and Sunday 14 Decembers are recorded the new record weekly magazine of traffic of trucks transported through the gallery. The travelling freeway in fact has transported 36,285 heavy vehicles in both the directions between Folkestone, Kent, and Coquelles, in France.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
