HC Deb 17 July 2002 vol 389 cc328-9W
Mr. Don Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many freight services used the channel tunnel in each month since January. [70658]

Mr. Jamieson

According to the operator, English, Welsh and Scottish Railways, the total number of freight services (inbound and outbound) using the channel tunnel since January is as follows:

2002 Number of freight services
January 329
February 357
March 1244
April 352
May 274
June 278
July 2154

1Reduced owing to two weekend closures for CTRL work

2 To 14 July