Rail freight operator English Welsh & Scottish Railway (EWS) has welcomed reports that Eurotunnel is preparing to revise the fees it charges freight trains to use the Channel Tunnel (link below.)
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Newly restructured Groupe Eurotunnel intends to change the fee structure to revive the use of the tunnel for cross-Channel rail freight , according to a weekend report in the Financial Times.

Exact details have still to be finalised , but the newspaper reported Group Eurotunnel executive chairman Jacques Gounon as saying fees would be reduced in off-peak periods , such as through the night.

'An economic and affordable pricing regime for freight trains, set at a level the market can bear, will allow goods to be re-captured to freight trains,' an EWS spokesman told Thomson Financial News.

'The introduction of the revised charges will enable EWS to launch services connecting all parts of Britain with destinations across mainland Europe.'