US EditionEurostar passengers advised to postpone travel after power issues in Channel Tunnel
Eurostar advises passengers to postpone journeys due to a power fault causing cancellations and delays up to 3.5 hours in the Channel Tunnel corridor during peak holiday travel.
- On Tuesday, Eurostar urged passengers to postpone journeys after a Channel Tunnel disruption, telling travellers not to travel and warning of severe delays on trains booked for departure soon.
- A fault with the tunnel's overhead power supply triggered the disruption, and a failed Le Shuttle train compounded the outage, operators said on Tuesday.
- Several scheduled services were cancelled or disrupted, including the 14.31, 15.31 and 20.01 London–Paris services, Eurostar said.
- Passengers were advised not to go to stations unless they already hold tickets, and Le Shuttle warned of delays up to 3.5 hours on the UK side, disrupting vehicle movements.
- Amid peak New Year's Eve travel, the Channel Tunnel link from Folkestone to Calais and Le Shuttle vehicle services face widespread disruption, urging travellers to check before they travel.
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Eurostar services to resume as passengers advised to postpone their journey
A problem with the overhead power supply and a failed train blocked all routes earlier on Tuesday. Eurostar services are expected to resume later on Tuesday after an earlier power failure saw the Channel Tunnel closed. The passenger rail operator previously said all of its London to Europe services for the day were cancelled, but it later said trains would resume after the tunnel was partially reopened. However it urged customers to rebook trave…
The particularly dense traffic for the New Year was at a stop this Tuesday morning.
There are massive disruptions in train traffic between the UK and continental Europe. According to train operator Eurostar, connections through the Eurotunnel had to be stopped after a power failure. Many passengers are stuck.
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