Eurostar services suspended

Eurostar rail services were suspended after adverse weather conditions created excessive condensation in the channel tunnel between England and France, causing electrics to fail and five trains to become stuck. The company is offering refunds and compensation to the thousands of passengers who were stranded in the trains for up to 16 hours
  
  


Eurostar delays: Stranded rail passengers at Kings Cross St Pancras International station
Stranded rail passengers at Kings Cross St Pancras International station in London, 19 December 2009. Passengers have been trapped on board broken-down Eurostar trains for up to 16 hours. More than 2,000 people were trapped inside the Channel Tunnel for hours after five trains suffered electrical failure due to freezing conditions. Some trains were evacuated while other passengers were kept on board, many without food and water Photograph: Andy Rain/guardian.co.uk
Eurostar delays: People crowd around the Eurostar ticket office in St Pancras Station
People crowd around the Eurostar ticket office in St Pancras Station, London, 19 December Photograph: Jas Lehal/guardian.co.uk
Eurostar delays: Travellers queue for information at Paris Gare du Nord station
Travellers queue for information at Paris Gare du Nord railway station, 20 December Photograph: Fred Dufour/guardian.co.uk
Eurostar delays: Eurostar passengers who were stranded after their train broke down
Eurostar passengers who were stranded after their train broke down are seen continuing their journey from France, in a train designed to carry vehicles, to their destination of St Pancras Station Photograph: Emmanuel Turnicourt/guardian.co.uk
Eurostar delays: Two Eurostar trains sit in sidings at the Eurotunnel site in Folkestone
Two Eurostar trains sit in sidings at the Eurotunnel site in Folkestone, Kent, as services to Europe remain suspended Photograph: Gareth Fuller/guardian.co.uk
Eurostar delays: Eurostar staff hand out hot drinks and sandwiches to passengers
Eurostar staff hand out hot drinks and sandwiches to passengers after train services were cancelled at St Pancras Station in London Photograph: Luke MacGregor/guardian.co.uk
Eurostar delays: Freight traffic is held on the M20 motorway
Freight traffic is held on the M20 motorway, Kent Southern England in Operation Stack to ease congestion Photograph: Gerry Penny/guardian.co.uk
Eurostar delays: Passengers wait with their luggage as further disruption affects Eurostar
Passengers wait with their luggage as further disruption affects the Eurostar service at St Pancras station in London, 20 December Photograph: Leon Neal/guardian.co.uk
Eurostar delays: A passenger looks at the empty platforms at St Pancras
A passenger looks at the empty platforms as further disruption affects the Eurostar service at St Pancras station in London, 20 December 2009 Photograph: Leon Neal/guardian.co.uk
Eurostar delays: Passengers are told that all Eurostar trains are cancelled at St Pancras
Passengers are told that all Eurostar trains are cancelled at London's St Pancras station, 20 December Photograph: Lewis Whyld/guardian.co.uk
Eurostar delays: A Eurostar test train passes freight traffic held on the M20 motorway
A Eurostar test train passes freight traffic held on the M20 motorway, Kent in Operation Stack to ease congestion on Folkestone and Dover ports Photograph: Gerry Penny/guardian.co.uk
Eurostar delays: Passengers wait as further disruption affects the Eurostar service
Passengers wait with their luggage as further disruption affects the Eurostar service at St Pancras station in London, 20 December Photograph: Leon Neal/guardian.co.uk
Eurostar delays: Eurostar trains wait at empty platforms at St Pancras
Eurostar trains wait at empty platforms after services were cancelled at St Pancras Station in London, 20 December. Photograph: Luke MacGregor/guardian.co.uk
 

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