PARIS, Oct 19, (APP/AFP) – Eurotunnel, which manages the rail link under the Channel, said Wednesday that passenger numbers on the Eurostar dropped by 10 percent during the third quarter in which France was hit by a major attack. The number of passengers on the high speed rail link fell to 2.6 million during the July to September period. On July 14, a 31-year-old Tunisian extremist rammed a 19-tonne truck through a crowd of more than 30,000 Bastille Day revellers on the seafront Promenade des Anglais in the southern city of Nice, killing 86 and injuring more than 400. “Eurostar… is evidently slightly down from what I would call the psychological consequences of the terrible attacks” in France, chief executive Jacques Gounon said at a news conference.
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Eurotunnel says Channel rail passenger numbers fall 10%
