Channel Tunnel breakdown: Eurostar trains cancelled
Baku, July 8 (AZERTAC). Eurostar passengers face further cancellations on Tuesday after a train broke down in the Channel Tunnel.
Hundreds of passengers had to be evacuated from Monday's 06:20 BST Le Shuttle train from Folkestone, which stopped a quarter of the way to France.
Eurotunnel said a fault with the overhead power lines in the tunnel caused the problem. Eurostar said four trains on Tuesday morning- two in each direction - have been cancelled.
In a statement on Monday night, the firm said: "Eurotunnel engineers are working to resolve the issues and restore full power to the affected section of the tunnel.
"As a consequence of the ongoing loss of power, Eurotunnel has informed Eurostar that some further disruption should be expected to services tomorrow morning.
"In anticipation and in order to safeguard the majority of services for the remainder of the day, unfortunately it has become necessary to cancel four Eurostar trains."
The broken down train reached France at 17:15 BST on Monday where passengers were reunited with their cars.
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