U.K. Group calls for lower Chunnel charges

U.K. Group calls for lower Chunnel charges The United Kingdom’s Freight Transport Association is calling for reductions in the cost of using the rail tunnel beneath the English Channel.
   “The government should help to satisfy the pent-up demand for cross-Channel rail freight by supporting the call for Eurotunnel, the U.K. government and the European Commission to reduce the cost of using the Channel Tunnel for international freight services, ” said the FTA in a statement issued Friday.
   “The FTA is convinced that there is substantial freight business which would transfer to rail if the price and the quality of service could be improved. Such a transfer would improve capacity use of the tunnel facility and replace considerable cross-Channel road freight, three quarters of which is undertaken by continental hauliers,” the group said.