Around 50 passenger trains and up to 260 freight trains will travel through the tunnel every day, cutting the journey time between Zurich and Milan by around 40 minutes.

每天预计会有约50列客运火车、最多260列货运火车通过隧道，隧道的运行将从苏黎世到米兰的旅途缩短了约40分钟。

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Able to bear longer, heavier trains, the tunnel will increase the capacity and speed of both freight and passenger trains.

为了能够承载更长、更重的火车，隧道会增强货运、客运火车的承载量和速度。

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"I hitchhiked to the Channel Tunnel, got a free ride as the passenger of a French woman and hitched to Brittany," she said.

说：“先搭顺风车到了隧道口，然后又到一位法国女士把免费带到了目地。”

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Its report highlighted poor forecasting about passenger demand for the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, which had "proved over-optimistic".

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The company also said that its 300 millionth passenger had travelled through the Tunnel on 18 October since its commercial opening in June 1994.

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The turnaround plan, known as Project Galaxie, includes proposals to cut access rates to the tunnel for Eurostar high speed passenger trains, and freight operators EWS and SNCF.

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