1.   The tunnel finally opened just over a year ago.

2.   Eurotunnel has consistently missed various financial projections, saying this was inevitable because the tunnel opened to the public many months late.

3.   Eurotunnel had said that a revenue shortfall was inevitable because the tunnel opened to the public many months late.

4.   Eurotunnel has said a revenue shortfall was inevitable because the tunnel opened to the public many months late.

5.   In France, Antoine Fatiga of the CFDT union said the tunnel will open no earlier than the second half of January.

6.   The tunnel opened to passengers last November and takes slightly more than three hours to travel between Paris and London.

7.   The tunnel opened to some commercial traffic in May, and passenger services are due to be phased in by next summer.

8.   They also fear the tunnel will open the way for construction of a motorway.