Eurotunnel also said its Channel Tunnel shuttle train services between Folkestone and Calais were running normally.

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As a result, Eurotunnel's own monopoly on shuttle services carrying people in their cars, coaches and lorries through the tunnel from Folkestone in Kent to Coquelles near Calais will continue.

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Eurotunnel already operates the Channel rail tunnel, and runs the Le Shuttle services.

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