Channel Tunnel high-speed train company Eurostar showed it had recovered from its troubles at the tail end of 2009 by announcing improved passenger numbers for 2010.
The company had to axe all services for three days in December 2009 after a number of snow-affected trains got stuck in the tunnel for hours.
Eurostar said it had carried 9.5 million passengers in 2010 – a three per cent rise on the 2009 figure.
Sales revenue for 2010 rose 12 per cent to £760 million.
Eurostar attributed the passenger growth to the increasing number of people opting for high-speed rail for short-haul European travel and choosing to travel beyond Paris and Brussels to destinations in Holland, Germany and the south of France.