Eurotunnel Le Shuttle carried a record number of passenger vehicles travelling from Kent to France on Good Friday.

During the day almost 11,557 cars, motorcycles, caravans, camper vans and coaches crossed the Channel from Folkestone to Coquelles.

In total almost 15,000 passenger vehicles used the Le Shuttle service in both directions.

Le Shuttle Freight has continued its good end to last year and also carried record traffic in the months of January and February, with close to 267,000 trucks transported during the first two months of the year.

Eurotunnel commercial director Jo Willacy said: “This new traffic record proves once again the attraction and efficiency of Le Shuttle, which was not affected by the changeable weather.”