A financial restructuring recently slashed Eurotunnel's huge debt
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The number of people using the Channel Tunnel rose in the first six months of the year, operator Eurotunnel has said.
Passenger numbers increased 5% to 3.91 million, as lorry traffic rose 9% and car numbers rose 8%. However, coach and non-Shuttle freight traffic slipped.
The abolition of a minimum user charge paid by rail firms meant total revenues during the period fell 8% from last year to �273m ($554m; 403.2m euros).
Excluding revenues from the charge, sales rose 7% on last year to �252m.
Late last month, the company successfully completed a debt restructuring drive which significantly reduced its debt from �6bn to �2.84bn.
Since its formation in 1986, the Channel Tunnel operator has struggled to make cash, owing to larger-than-expected construction costs which were never recovered and lower-than-estimated traffic through the tunnel.
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