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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	9,5[7]	17.7	1,213,647[6]	18.4	19.6
2008	9,113,371	8,4[7]	17.5	1,239,445 [8]	14.2	15.4
2009	9,220,233	7,8[7]	17.0	1,181,089[8]	10.0	11.2
2010[9]	9,528,558	8,8[7]	18.3	1,128,079[10]	14.2	15.3
2011	9,679,764	9,3[7]	19.0	1,324,673[11]	16.4	17.7
2012	9 911 649	10	19.9	1,230,000[7]	19	19,2
2013	10 132 691	10,3	20.4	1,360,000[7]	17,7	19,1
2014	10 397 894	10,6	21.0	1,650,000[7]	18,7	20,4
2015	10 399 267	10,5	20.9	1,420,000[7]	19,3	20,7
2016	10 011 337	10,6	20.6	1,040,000[7]	21,3	22,3
^A only passengers taking Eurostar to cross the Channel

References

1. ↑ ^{a b c} 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). Archived from the original on 2007-11-08. 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} Eurotunnel 2007 Traffic and Revenue figures: a remarkable year. Eurotunnel (2008-01-15). Retrieved on 2009-01-21.
7. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j} Traffic figures. Eurotunnel. Archived from the original on 2015-05-13. Retrieved on 2017-08-05.
8. ↑ ^{a b} Eurotunnel 2009 traffic and revenue figures. Eurotunnel (2010-01-10). Archived from the original on 2011-08-07. Retrieved on 2011-02-06.
9. ↑ Traffic figures. Eurotunnel. Archived from the original on 2015-05-13. Retrieved on 2011-02-06.
10. ↑ Eurotunnel 2010 traffic and revenue figures. Eurotunnel (2011-01-18). Archived from the original on 2011-07-10. Retrieved on 2011-02-06.
11. ↑ 2011 ANNUAL RESULTS. Eurotunnel. Archived from the original on 2014-08-07. Retrieved on 2012-11-03.

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	1.239445	14.2
2009	9.220233	6.9	1.181089	10.0
2010	9.528558	7.5	1.128079	14.2
2011	9.679764	7.8	1.324673	16.4

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 xlabel "Year"
set xdata time
set timefmt '%Y'
set xtics nomirror
set mxtics 2
set xrange ["1994":"2011"]
set format x "%Y"

set ytics 2
set y2tics 2
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 key autotitle columnhead
set yrange [0:22]
set y2range [0:22]

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 1:2 linestyle 1, '' u 1:3 ls 2, '' u 1:4 ls 3, '' u 1:5 ls 4