rail freight founded december 2009 area served channel tunnel france operating income 50 million 1 note 1 number of employees 550 1 note 1 parent eurotunnel subsidiaries europorte channel europorte france europorte proximity gb railfreight europorte services socorail website www.europorte.com europorte is a european rail freight company a subsidiary of eurotunnel ; operating in france and through the channel tunnel . the company was formed in 2009 as an entity encompassing the previous operations of europorte 2 and the france based businesses of veolia cargo . eurotunnel s original freight business europorte 2 was rebranded to become europorte channel and moved as a subsidiary under the europorte division of the eurotunnel group . 2 3 contents 1 subsidiaries 1.1 europorte channel 1.2 europorte france 1.3 europorte proximit 1.4 socorail 1.5 gb railfreight 1.6 europorte services 2 see also 3 references and notes 3.1 notes 3.2 references 4 external links subsidiaries edit after the acquisition of veolia cargo french subsidiaries in 2009 europorte had five subsidiaries ; one previously under eurotunnel s control and four operations arriving via the purchase . all of these five units had already held permissions as open access operators on the french railway network since 2004 . note 2 veolia cargo link 3 was also acquired as part of the veolia cargo france purchase in 2009 ; note 3 veolia cargo link operated as a joint venture between cma cgm and veolia cargo from 2006 until the joint venture was terminated in early 2009 due to lack of profitability . 4 5 as of 2012 the subsidiary europorte link is not listed as operational by eurotunnel . uk based rail freight company first gbrf was acquired in 2010 . the subsidiary europorte services was established 2010 as the operating company of the rail network of the port of dunkirk . europorte channel edit main article europorte channel during 2008 the operation had operated 2718 trains in france and 878 trains through the channel tunnel . its fleet in 2009 consisted of eleven british rail class 92 locomotives and one alstom prima electric locomotive . note 4 in december 2008 europorte 2 was renamed to europorte channel following the acquisition of veolia cargo france . 3 europorte france edit europorte france formerly veolia cargo france 3 was acquired in 2009 . including those in use with europorte link the subsidiary has 28 locomotives and operated over 100 trains per week with a 162 employees combined . note 3 europorte proximit edit europorte proximit constitutes part of the former cfta cargo 3 operation acquired through the purchase of veolia cargo france in 2009 . the company operates freight trains on the former cfta franche comt network a group of secondary lines in france well known for being the last place in france where a commercial steam train ran in 1975 . the present network is in two parts based on ch tillon sur seine c te d or and gray haute sa ne the section of line connecting the two having been out of use for some years . the company operates the former cfta workshops at gray well known for maintaining preserved steam locomotives as well as operational diesel locomotives . it also has a track maintenance arm . note 5 socorail edit socorail was acquired as part of veolia cargo france in 2009 . socorail provides services on industrial railway sidings and operates 61 shunting locomotives . note 6 gb railfreight edit main article gb railfreight in may 2010 firstgroup put their freight division firstgbrf up for sale . eurotunnel sncf and freightliner group were reported as being interested in the company . 6 the company was acquired by europorte on 1 june 2010 for 31 million . 7 8 following its acquisition by europorte the company reverted to its original name of gb railfreight . europorte services edit in january 2010 the port of dunkerque awarded eurotunnel a seven year to operate its 200 km railway system . 9 the subsidiary europorte services began operating the port s rail network in december 2010 . 10 see also edit euro cargo rail db schenker subsidiary operating in france sncf french state owned railways references and notes edit notes edit a b figures at time of creation of company december 2009 from combined companies . europorte company website section europorte a b europorte company website section europorte france and europorte link europorte company website section europorte channel europorte company website section europorte proximit europorte company website section socorail references edit a b europorte company website www.europorte.com eurotunnel completes first external expansion in its history with the acquisition of the french businesses of veolia cargo . euroinvestor . 2009 12 01 . a b c d e falkner james 2009 12 01 . eurotunnel completes veolia cargo takeover . international freight weekly . informa . veolia transport cargo pdf www.veolia.transport.cn veolia cargo link march 2007 rail link europe subsidiary of veolia cargo and of cma cgm . . and veolia transport has launched at the end of 2006 . . combined rail transportation of marine containers between major port terminals and the main economic regions . veolia cargo link a rail company 51 % controlled by veolia transport and 49 % by rail link is specialized in transportation by rail of maritime containers line feed character in quote at position 207 help veolia and cma cgm part company www.worldcargonews.com 17 march 2009 bidders line up for firstgroup s freight unit ft 3 5 2010 www.reuters.com firstgroup plc disposal of rail freight business permanent dead link pr newswire europe via comtex 1 6 2010 via www.tradingmarkets.com eurotunnel buys gbrf from firstgroup 1 6 2010 uk.reuters.com dunkerque port choisit eurotunnel pour l exploitation et la maintenance de son r seau f rr www.dunkerque port.fr in french 13 january 2010 europorte company website europorte services accessdate 10 march 2012 external links edit official website v t e channel tunnel 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