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===2010s=== In January 2010, the Port of Dunkirk awarded Eurotunnel a seven-year concession to operate its {{convert|200|km|0|abbr=in}} railway system.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.dunkerque-port.fr/fr/presse/actualites/2010-01-12-dunkerque-port-choisit-eurotunnel-pour-l-exploitation-et-la-maintenanc-de-son-reseau-ferre-fr-4097.html |title = DUNKERQUE PORT choisit EUROTUNNEL pour l'exploitation et la maintenance de son réseau férré |date = 13 January 2010 |language = fr |work = dunkerque-port.fr |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130619042358/http://www.dunkerque-port.fr/fr/presse/actualites/2010-01-12-dunkerque-port-choisit-eurotunnel-pour-l-exploitation-et-la-maintenanc-de-son-reseau-ferre-fr-4097.html |archive-date = 19 June 2013}}</ref> In June 2010, the company acquired British railfreight company First GBRf for £31 million from [[FirstGroup]], to be merged into its [[Europorte]] subsidiary. It was rebranded [[GB Railfreight]].<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.tradingmarkets.com/news/stock-alert/fgrof_firstgroup-plc-disposal-956775.html |title = FIRSTGROUP PLC : Disposal of rail freight business |publisher = PR Newswire Europe via COMTEX |date = 1 June 2010}} {{dead link|date = July 2016 |bot = InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted = yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE6500Y220100601 |title = Eurotunnel buys GBRf from FirstGroup |publisher = uk.reuters.com |date = 1 June 2010 |access-date = 1 June 2010 |archive-date = 18 June 2010 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100618151206/http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE6500Y220100601 |url-status = dead }}</ref> On 11 June 2012, a bid by Groupe Eurotunnel for three Channel ferries belonging to former operator [[SeaFrance]] (in [[liquidation]]) for lease to another operator was accepted,<ref>{{cite news |first = Robert |last = Wright |title = Eurotunnel to take over SeaFrance vessels |url = http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9e3b4cac-b3e1-11e1-a3db-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1xkofY0cU |newspaper = [[Financial Times]] |date = 11 June 2012 |access-date = 14 June 2012 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120620184151/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9e3b4cac-b3e1-11e1-a3db-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1xkofY0cU |archive-date = 20 June 2012}}</ref> and Eurotunnel acquired the SeaFrance ferries [[MS Berlioz|''Berlioz'']], [[MS Rodin|''Rodin'']] and [[MS Nord Pas-de-Calais|''Nord Pas-de-Calais'']]. Eurotunnel was chartered to start the [[MyFerryLink]] ferry company on 20 August 2012.<ref>{{cite book |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=VM-XAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA70 |title = Offshore Ferry Services of England and Scotland |first = Peter C. |last = Smith |isbn = 9781848846654 |year = 2012 |publisher = Pen and Sword |page = 70 |access-date = 29 November 2016|via=[[Google Books]] }}</ref> After years of legal fights over accusations that Eurotunnel operating a ferry line was uncompetitive, the company stopped operating MyFerryLink on 1 July 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.leparisien.fr/economie/myferrylink-eurotunnel-cede-deux-bateaux-au-danois-dfds-08-06-2015-4843661.php |title = MyFerryLink : Eurotunnel cède deux bateaux au Danois DFDS |date = 8 June 2015 |publisher = leparisien.fr}}</ref> Groupe Eurotunnel transferred its listing from the [[London Stock Exchange]] to [[Euronext]] London on 19 July 2012.<ref>{{cite web |title = Archived copy |url = http://www.eurotunnelgroup.com/uploadedFiles/assets-uk/Media/Press-Releases/2012-Press-Releases/120719NYSE-Euronext-Londres-UK.pdf |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170113021246/http://www.eurotunnelgroup.com/uploadedFiles/assets-uk/Media/Press-Releases/2012-Press-Releases/120719NYSE-Euronext-Londres-UK.pdf |archive-date = 13 January 2017 |access-date = 16 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title = Archived copy |url = http://www.eurotunnelgroup.com/uploadedFiles/assets-uk/Media/Press-Releases/2012-Press-Releases/120620NYX-welcomes-Groupe-Eurotunnel.pdf |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140807103905/http://www.eurotunnelgroup.com/uploadedFiles/assets-uk/Media/Press-Releases/2012-Press-Releases/120620NYX-welcomes-Groupe-Eurotunnel.pdf |archive-date = 7 August 2014 |access-date = 16 March 2016}}</ref> For the year 2015, statistics estimated that over 10.5 million passengers travelled on the Eurotunnel with 2,556,585 cars, 58,387 coaches and 1,483,741 goods vehicles.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.franceferrybooker.co.uk/ferry-companies/eurotunnel |title = Eurotunnel statistics for use during 2015 |date = 12 January 2017 |publisher = franceferrybooker.co.uk}}</ref> On 20 November 2017, Groupe Eurotunnel changed its name to Getlink.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/europe/eurotunnel-rebrands-as-getlink.html?channel=537 |title = Eurotunnel rebrands as Getlink |publisher = [[International Railway Journal]] |date = 20 November 2017 |access-date = 20 November 2017 |archive-date = 1 December 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201030724/http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/europe/eurotunnel-rebrands-as-getlink.html?channel=537 |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url = http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/business/single-view/view/groupe-eurotunnel-rebrands-as-getlink.html |title = Group Eurotunnel rebrands as Getlink |magazine = [[Railway Gazette International]] |date = 20 November 2017 |access-date = 20 November 2017 |archive-date = 2 December 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171202064210/http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/business/single-view/view/groupe-eurotunnel-rebrands-as-getlink.html |url-status = dead }}</ref> In March 2018, the Italian [[holding company]] [[Atlantia (company)|Atlantia]] acquired the 15.49% stake of [[Goldman Sachs]] in Getlink and its 26.66% voting rights, for around €1 billion.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180302005291/en/Atlantia-Acquires-15.49-Stake-Eurotunnel-Getlink |title = Atlantia Acquires a 15.49% Stake in Eurotunnel (Getlink) |date = 2 March 2018 |website = Businesswire.com |access-date = 24 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180302005291/en/Atlantia-Acquires-a-15.49-Stake-in-Eurotunnel-Getlink |title = Atlantia Acquires a 15.49% Stake in Eurotunnel (Getlink) |publisher = businesswire.com |date = 2 March 2018}}</ref> In June 2018, Getlink and auditor [[Ernst & Young|EY]] jointly presented a recent study on UK–Europe trade flows via the Channel Tunnel to the [[European Commission]]. Findings of this study included that, in 2016, the Channel Tunnel facilitated €138 billion of trade, believed to be roughly 26% of the total trade flows between Britain and continental Europe with an equal balance of imports and exports.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.getlinkgroup.com/content/uploads/2019/09/Getlink-and-You-June-2018.pdf |title = Getlink & You |publisher = Getlink |date = 15 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://press.getlinkgroup.com/news/eurotunnel-and-ey-present-european-authorities-with-a-new-study-on-trade-flows-between-the-uk-and-eu-via-the-channel-tunnel-a2d2-0791e.html |title = Eurotunnel and EY present European authorities with a new study on trade flows between the UK and EU via the Channel Tunnel |publisher = Getlink |date = 4 June 2018}}</ref> In May 2019, Getlink celebrated 25 years of operation of the Channel Tunnel with the creation of a monumental fresco by street-art artist YZ on the Tunnel's French-side entrance.{{CN|date=November 2024}}
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