GETLINK/  FR0010533075  /

Getlink (formerly Group Eurotunnel S.A.) brings together a group of companies active in the fields of infrastructure management and transport operations. The main business segments are structured into Fixed Link and Europorte. The operation of the cross-Channel Fixed Link as a concessionaire until 2086, represents the core business of the Group. Opened in 1994, the Channel Tunnel, the vital link between the United Kingdom and the continent, has been used by more than 340 million passengers. The rail Shuttle transport system carries 2.5 million cars (Le Shuttle) and 1.5 million trucks every year, making it by far the world leader in piggyback transport. High-speed passenger trains and rail freight trains also run through the Tunnel. With Europorte, the Eurotunnel Group is positioned as one of the leading private rail freight operator in Great Britain and France. The Group also leverages its know-how and infrastructure to further develop its expertise in railway training (CIFFCO) and for the electrical interconnector (ElecLink) between the UK and continental Europe. At the instruction of the French Competition Authority, the subsidiary MyFerryLink have to stop activity on 2 July 2015. Group Eurotunnel S.A. was incorporated in 1986 and is headquartered in Paris, France.