Eurostar service takes 10 hours to reach Paris
Eurostar handed out food and drink parcels to passengers yesterday after one of its trains took nearly 10 hours to make the journey from London to Paris.
According to The Guardian, the train broke down because of a technical problem, but the situation was exacerbated by freezing temperatures that caused the closure of a parallel tunnel and delayed shuttle services significantly.
It also meant that efforts to rescue the stranded Eurostar train were severely hampered.
One driver, who had reportedly sat in his car on a stationary Shuttle train for five hours, said: “They had had to let out a lady who’s diabetic and there are children here who are screaming.”
Eventually, The Guardian reports, the Eurostar train was pushed out of the tunnel, and passengers were given food and drink on arrival at Calais.
The Guardian reports that Eurostar and Eurotunnel blamed each other for the delays.
Eurostar reportedly said that there had been track circuit failures throughout the day, while Eurotunnel is reported to have claimed that the problems were “minor”, and that several Eurostar trains had broken down.
Report by Tim Gillett, News From Abroad Ltd
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