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[edit] Summary

Description

A graph of traffic through the Chunnel, 1994–2008

Date

17 February 2009(2009-02-17)

Source

Own work

Author

Nkocharh

Permission
(Reusing this image)

In the public domain

[edit] Licensing

Public domain I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. This applies worldwide.

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[edit] Actual Eurostar, Le Shuttle, and freight figures

Year Passengers transported... Freight transported...
by Eurostar[A] [1][2] by Eurotunnel
Passenger
Shuttles[1][3]
(estimated,
millions
)


Total
(estimated,
millions
)

by through
freight trains[2]

(tonnes)
by Eurotunnel
Truck
Shuttles[1][3]
(estimated,
million tonnes
)


Total
(estimated,
million tonnes
)
1994 ~100,000[3] 0.2 0.3 0 0.8[3] 0.8
1995 2,920,309 4.4 7.3 1,349,802 5.1 6.4
1996 4,995,010 7.9 12.9 2,783,774 6.7 9.5
1997 6,004,268 8.6 14.6 2,925,171 3.3 6.2
1998 6,307,849 12.1 18.4 3,141,438 9.2 12.3
1999 6,593,247 11.0 17.6 2,865,251 10.9 13.8
2000 7,130,417 9.9 17.0 2,947,385 14.7 17.6
2001 6,947,135 9.4 16.3 2,447,432 15.6 18.0
2002 6,602,817 8.6 15.2 1,463,580 15.6 17.1
2003 6,314,795 8.6 14.9 1,743,686[4] 16.7 18.4
2004 7,276,675 7.8 15.1 1,889,175[5] 16.6 18.5
2005 7,454,497 8.2 15.7 1,587,790[5] 17.0 18.6
2006 7,858,337 7.8 15.7 1,569,429[6] 16.9 18.5
2007 8,260,980 7.9 16.2 1,213,647[6] 18.4 19.6
2008 9,113,371 7.0 16.1 ~1,240,000[B] [1] 14.2 15.4

^A  only passengers taking Eurostar to cross the Channel
^B  Estimated value: Eurotunnel switched to pricing through railfreight per train, rather than per tonne, and counts traffic accordingly.[6]

[edit] References

  1. a b c d Traffic figures. Eurotunnel. Retrieved on 2009-01-15.
  2. a b Study Report Annex 2. Initial East Kent and Ashford Sub-Regional Study for The South East Plan Table 11. South East England Regional Assembly (June 2004). Retrieved on 2009-01-21.
  3. a b c d Ricard Anguera (May 2006). "The Channel Tunnel—an ex post economic evaluation". Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 40 (4): 291-315.
  4. Eurotunnel 2003 Revenue & Traffic. Eurotunnel (2004-01-20). Retrieved on 2009-01-21.
  5. a b Eurotunnel: 2005 Traffic and revenue figures.. Eurotunnel (2006-01-16). Retrieved on 2009-01-21.
  6. a b c Eurotunnel 2007 Traffic and Revenue figures: a remarkable year. Eurotunnel (2008-01-15). Retrieved on 2009-01-21.

[edit] Data used in this plot

This is the chunnel.dat file which was used in combination with the gnuplot file below to create this graph:

# Chunnel traffic figures.
# Original data:
# http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chunnel_traffic.svg
# Figures in millions of passengers resp. tonnes
#
Year 	Eurostar (passengers)	Eurotunnel Passenger Shuttle	Through freight trains	Eurotunnel Truck Shuttle (freight)
1994	0.100000	0.2	0.000000	0.8
1995	2.920309	4.4	1.349802	5.1
1996	4.995010	7.9	2.783774	6.7
1997	6.004268	8.6	2.925171	3.3
1998	6.307849	12.1	3.141438	9.2
1999	6.593247	11	2.865251	10.9
2000	7.130417	9.9	2.947385	14.7
2001	6.947135	9.4	2.447432	15.6
2002	6.602817	8.6	1.463580	15.6
2003	6.314795	8.6	1.743686	16.7
2004	7.276675	7.8	1.889175	16.6
2005	7.454497	8.2	1.587790	17
2006	7.858337	7.8	1.569429	16.9
2007	8.260980	7.9	1.213647	18.4
2008	9.113371	7	1.240000	14.2

[edit] Gnuplot file used to make this graph

This is the gnuplot file used to make this graph:

set terminal svg enhanced fsize 12 size 750,500
set output 'chunnel traffic.svg'
set datafile missing '-'
set datafile separator "\t"
set style data linespoints

set title "Channel Tunnel traffic" 

set xtics nomirror
set y2tics
set xlabel "Year"
set ylabel "Millions of passengers"
set y2label "Millions of tonnes of freight"
set grid noxtics
set grid ytics
set key on inside left top box

set style line 1 lw 3 pt 4 # for Eurostar passengers
set style line 2 lw 3 pt 4# for Le Shuttle passengers
set style line 3 pt 3# for Le Shuttle freight
set style line 4 pt 3 lc rgb "#660066" # for Through freight

plot 'chunnel.dat' using 2:xtic(1) t 2 ls 1, '' u 3 t 3 ls 2, '' u 4 t 4 ls 3, '' u 5 t 5 ls 4

File history

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Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current06:51, 17 February 2009Thumbnail for version as of 06:51, 17 February 2009750×500 (23 KB)Nkocharh (Talk | contribs) (Added 2008 data, changed legend to reflect current service names.)
17:27, 14 March 2008Thumbnail for version as of 17:27, 14 March 2008750×500 (22 KB)Nkocharh (Talk | contribs) (Oh, wait, no it wasn't. Changed the title back.)
17:24, 14 March 2008Thumbnail for version as of 17:24, 14 March 2008750×500 (22 KB)Nkocharh (Talk | contribs) (Title was wrong.)
17:14, 14 March 2008Thumbnail for version as of 17:14, 14 March 2008750×500 (22 KB)Nkocharh (Talk | contribs) ({{Information |Description=A graph of traffic through the Chunnel, 1994–2007 |Source=self-made |Date=14 March 2008 |Author= Nkocharh |Permission=In the public domain |other_versions= }} )

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