Editing Getlink (section)

==Operations and services==
===Vehicle shuttle trains===
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Getlink operates two types of shuttle trains that transport vehicles through the Channel Tunnel along with two terminals to support the operation of the trains. LeShuttle trains transport personal vehicles and coaches, while LeShuttle Freight transports large trucks. Operations of the LeShuttle services comprise nearly 70% of Getlink's revenue.<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 February 2023 |title=2022 Full Year Results Getlink |url=https://www.getlinkgroup.com/content/uploads/2023/02/23022023-2022-Full-Year-Results-Getlink.pdf}}</ref>

===Freight train services===
{{Main|Europorte}}
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Europorte operates cross channel freight trains and freight trains within France. The company was formed by the merger of [[Europorte 2]] and [[Veolia Cargo]]'s French operations in September 2009.

===Passenger services===
{{Main|Eurostar}}
Getlink hosts, but does not operate, passenger train services through the Channel Tunnel. {{As of|2020|}}, [[Eurostar]] is the only passenger train operator that uses the tunnel, offering services that connect the United Kingdom with France, Belgium & The Netherlands.{{CN|date=November 2024}}

Eurostar trains are operated by [[Eurostar International Limited]], whose majority owner is [[SNCF]], the national railway of France. Eurostar International is the largest customer of Getlink, which levies charges (currently £25 per passenger per return journey) for use of the tunnel.<ref>{{cite web |title = Interview with Eurostar Chief Executive |url = http://www.railpro.co.uk/issues/pdfs/feb08_interview.pdf |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090304040145/http://www.railpro.co.uk/issues/pdfs/feb08_interview.pdf |archive-date = 4 March 2009 |access-date = 27 April 2010}}</ref>

===Electrical interconnector===
{{Main|ElecLink}}
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ElecLink is a 1,000&nbsp;MW [[high-voltage direct current]] electrical [[interconnector]] between the UK and France, passing through the Channel Tunnel. The {{convert|51|km|abbr=on}} cable runs via the Channel Tunnel between converter stations at [[Peuplingues]] in France and Folkestone in the UK, with an additional {{convert|14.5|km|abbr=on}} of underground AC cable on the English side to a substation and {{convert|3.5|km|abbr=on}} on the French side to a substation. ElecLink commenced operations on 25 May 2022.

===Samphire Hoe===
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The company also owns the small Samphire Hoe nature reserve on the coast of [[Kent]], England, which was created from Channel Tunnel spoil during construction in the 1980s/90s. The road tunnel down, the ventilation area and the reserve itself are all owned by Eurotunnel.