Supplementary memorandum from Eurotunnel
(TS 46a)
At the hearing on 10 May I undertook to provide
written replies to two questions which were put to us. These replies
are as follows:
1. Did the terrorist attacks in the United
States on 11 September 2001 ("9/11") result in a fall
in passenger numbers?
No: there was no significant effect either on
truck carryings or on car and coach carryings, on the Eurotunnel
shuttle trains.
2. In relation to the railway lines into
Eurotunnel, where does the responsibility of the British Transport
Police end and the responsibility of the Channel Tunnel Police
Unit (part of Kent Police) begin?
The interface is the boundary line of the Channel
Tunnel concession.
I should add that we have checked this information
with the Channel Tunnel Police Unit and they have expressed a
willingness to advise the Transport Committee directly on this
point, in order to explain the underlying reasons.
May 2006
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