( CNN ) -- While UK politicians seek to distance themselves from Europe 's troubled continent , rail operators are doing their best to bridge the gap . The Channel Tunnel -- a favored travel route for those flitting between London and Paris -- is expanding its reach into mainland Europe by opening its doors to Deutsche Bahn . The German operator 's access to the Channel Tunnel upsets the monopoly held on the route by high speed train operator Eurostar since 2004 , and will boost traffic by 4 million passengers . Read more : Pampering cows the Wagyu way . Jacques Gounon , chief executive of Eurotunnel -- the company that operates the Channel Tunnel -- told CNN the company was recovering from the crisis , when traffic fell by 20 % . `` Now it 's up year after year at 3 to 4 % gross rate , '' Gounon said . `` Deutsche Bahn will come from Germany and Netherlands ... it 's quite clear that this will be an incredible increase in our revenue . '' Read more : London property recovering -- but is best house in the street in Moscow ? Deutsche Bahn will shuttle passengers to major destinations in Europe such as Frankfurt , Cologne and Amsterdam . The Eurostar offers links between London , Calais and Paris . Gounon said the company negotiated with Britain and France to expand its footprint and `` explain that there is available capacity within the tunnel . '' Read more : Building learning blocks at LEGO school . He said : `` We have the knowledge and the skills in order to manage the different slots between our own shuttles , Eurostar slots and the future Deutsche Bahn trains , and that this will be good for customers between the continent and Great Britain . '' Eurotunnel has 400 trains a day through the Channel Tunnel on average , with 52 of these being high-speed rail . Read more : The Netherlands : A nation under water . Deutsche Bahn will begin its undersea rail operations as soon as the Intercity Express trains -- manufactured by German technology company Siemens -- are ready for service . The move will break Eurostar 's near-two decade dominance over the Channel Tunnel , but the high-speed operator is making expansion plans of its own . Speaking to CNN last month , Eurostar CEO Nicolas Petrovic said the company is planning to launch a `` state of the art '' fleet that can carry passengers to the Netherlands , Germany and Switzerland . Read more : How 's your confidence in the euro . Petrovic said Eurostar would `` grab the opportunity of open access in Europe '' while trying to wrestle market share from airlines . Eurostar tickets for an adult traveling from London to Paris cost Â£69 ( $ 104 ) for standard class to Â£250 ( $ 378 ) for business class . Petrovic told CNN that the company is looking `` very carefully '' at pricing , adding that the biggest cost to Eurostar 's business is the levy on using the Channel Tunnel . Meanwhile , Eurotunnel is expanding more than just its train business . Last year , the Paris-based company launched a ferry service called MyFerryLink , for large vehicles and passengers who prefer to travel by boat . The business has already gained 11 % of the market share , according to Eurotunnel . Gounon said : `` People who want to have a different way to cross the Channel , perhaps to pay less ... We believe that the ferry business is a compliment of our main core business . ''
It runs 400 trains a day through the Channel Tunnel on weekdays . Gounon said the company works with Britain and France to expand its network . Last year , the Paris - based company launched a new service called MyFerryLink for large vehicles and passengers .