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Technical interruption of ElecLink operations, prior to annual planned outage

PRESS RELEASE

 

 

GET 24/30

26 September 2024

 

 

 

 

Technical interruption of ElecLink operations,  prior to annual planned outage 

 

Following the detection of a fault in the Great Britain - France electricity interconnector, ElecLink has decided to temporarily suspend its operations. To ensure the highest level of safety and infrastructure integrity, activity will be suspended until the annual planned outage period from 6th to 9th October to allow for a thorough investigation into the origin of the defect.

imageThe resumption of activities will be confirmed at a later date.  

 

 

 

About Getlink

Getlink SE (Euronext Paris: GET), through its subsidiary Eurotunnel, is the concession holder until 2086 for the

Channel Tunnel infrastructure and operates Truck Shuttles and Passenger Shuttles (cars and coaches) between Folkestone (UK) and Calais (France). Since 31 December 2020 Eurotunnel has been developing the smart border to ensure that the Tunnel remains the fastest, most reliable, easiest and most environmentally friendly way to cross the Channel. Since it opened in 1994, close to 500 million people and more than 102 million vehicles have travelled through the Channel Tunnel. This unique land link, which carries a quarter of trade between the Continent and the United Kingdom, has become a vital link, reinforced by the ElecLink electricity interconnector installed in the Tunnel, which helps to balance energy needs between France and the United Kingdom. Getlink completes its sustainable mobility services with its rail freight subsidiary Europorte. Committed to "low-carbon" services that control their impact on the environment (through its activities, the Group avoids the equivalent of 1.9 million tonnes of CO2 per year), Getlink has made the place of people, nature and territories a central concern. https://www.getlinkgroup.com

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