Channel Tunnel Passengers Face More Disruption

Eurotunnel passengers are facing continued delays and cancellations after a broken-down train forced an evacuation.

Four services have been cancelled on Tuesday morning as engineers work to repair “unresolved and ongoing” damage to the power supply inside the tunnel.

Almost 400 passengers were evacuated in the Tunnel on Monday morning when a France-bound shuttle came to a halt amid an overhead power line problem.

An update from Eurotunnel suggested repair work would continue until 6am on Tuesday when the tunnel will partially reopen.

A Eurostar spokeswoman said: “These technical issues, which are beyond Eurostar’s control, have, regrettably, led to significant disruption to Eurotunnel shuttle and Eurostar services.

“As a consequence of the ongoing loss of power, Eurotunnel has informed Eurostar that some further disruption should be expected to services on Tuesday morning.”

The cancelled services are:

:: London to Paris, 7.31am departure, service 9006

:: Paris to London, 11.43am departure, service 9025

:: London to Brussels, 8.58am departure, service 9116

:: Brussels to London, 8:52am departure, service 9117

Passengers who were due to travel on the cancelled services will be offered full refunds or given the chance to exchange tickets, free of charge, for travel at a future date.

All other Eurostar services are expected to operate normally on Tuesday and passengers should check-in as usual, the company added.

Eurostar said it was contacting affected passengers to alert them to the disruption to services.

Some 382 passengers and four dogs were evacuated from the train and taken on to the French terminal.

The incident happened at around 7.30am about 7.5 miles into the 30-mile long tunnel.

Passengers faced long days throughout Monday and a number of trains were cancelled.

Some services were able to continue using one of the two running tunnels.

The broken-down train reportedly reached France shortly after 5pm where passengers were reunited with their cars.

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Channel Tunnel Passengers Face More Disruption