Darwin Knows

Getlink SE, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, finance, construction, and operation of fixed link infrastructure and transport system in France and the United Kingdom. It operates through Eurotunnel, Europorte, and ElecLink segments. The Eurotunnel segment operates tunnels of a length of approximately 50 kilometres each under the English Channel, as well as terminals at Folkestone in the United Kingdom and the Coquelles in France. It also provides passenger shuttle services for the transport of trucks, cars, motor homes, caravans, coaches, motorcycles, trailers, commercial vans, and other vehicles. In addition, this segment manages passenger trains and rail freight, as well as fixed equipment and related installations. Its Europorte segment offers a range of integrated rail freight services, including national and international haulage, local services for secondary lines, individual junction management, infrastructure maintenance, and wagon loading and unloading services. The ElecLink segment engages in the construction and operation of a 1-gigawatt electricity interconnector between France and the Great Britain. The company also engages in consultancy and custom services; professional training services for the rail sector; and third-party retail, telecommunication cables, and property businesses, as well as the sale of travel insurance products. The company was formerly known as Groupe Eurotunnel S.E. and changed its name to Getlink SE in April 2018. Getlink SE was founded in 1802 and is based in Paris, France.