{"id":6973,"date":"2025-12-30T17:28:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T17:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=6973"},"modified":"2025-12-30T17:28:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T17:28:47","slug":"eurostar-suspends-all-europe-trains-over-power-issue-during-holiday-travel-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=6973","title":{"rendered":"Eurostar suspends all Europe trains over power issue during holiday travel | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Eurostar services between London and Europe disrupted as Channel Tunnel undergoes \u2018technical intervention\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 30 Dec 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">30 Dec 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Power problems and a stuck train interrupted rail traffic flowing through the undersea tunnel connecting the UK to continental Europe with passenger train operator Eurostar indefinitely suspending its services during the busy holiday period.<\/p>\n<p>Passengers were left scrambling on Tuesday to find alternatives after the operator postponed all train travel between London, Paris, Amsterdam and Brussels.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 4 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>\u201cThere was a power supply problem in the Channel Tunnel followed by a shuttle train coming to a halt inside,\u201d a Eurostar spokesperson said. \u201cAll journeys to and from London are suspended until further notice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Channel Tunnel\u2019s operator, Eurotunnel, said in a separate statement that the power supply problem started in part of the tunnel, affecting both passenger and vehicle travel by rail in both directions.<\/p>\n<p>Traffic is expected to resume gradually on Tuesday afternoon.\u00a0\u201cA technical intervention is required, which is currently underway. Our teams are working to restore the situation as quickly as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a \u2060statement on its website at 15:30 GMT, Eurostar warned passengers that the power fault was persisting.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4204148\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4204148\" style=\"width:770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-4204148\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/afp_6953e3074bc0-1767105287.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C513&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"Travellers sit with their bags next to a Eurostar train at St. Pancras station in London on December 30, 2025, as Eurostar train service between Britain and continental Europe is halted.\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4204148\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Travellers stranded at St Pancras station in London on Tuesday [AFP]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"disgusted-disheartened\">\u2018Disgusted, disheartened\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Crowds of stranded travellers, many with suitcases, swelled at London\u2019s St Pancras station and at Gare du Nord in Paris as the notification went out \u2013 their end-of-year holiday plans were being thrown into chaos.<\/p>\n<p>At Gare du Nord station, Jamie and Issy Gill scrambled to find a flight back to the UK after their Eurostar train to London was cancelled, desperate to be reunited with their baby boy after a getaway in the French capital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe came for my 30th birthday,\u201d Issy Gill said, wiping away tears.<\/p>\n<p>Other frustrated passengers tried to book plane or bus tickets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m disgusted, disheartened,\u201d said Sarah Omouri, a French traveller whose plans to celebrate the New Year in London were dashed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been maybe a year since we\u2019ve had a vacation. We were made to get on the train, to get off, get on again, and get off again. Now we\u2019re told that everything is fully booked for several days. It\u2019s ruined.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 50km (32-mile) Channel Tunnel, more than half of it undersea, revolutionised UK-Europe rail travel since its inauguration in 1994.<\/p>\n<p>A record-high 19.5 million passengers travelled on Eurostar last year, up nearly 5 percent from 2023, driven by demand from visitors to the Olympics and Paralympics in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday\u2019s disruption was the latest to affect Eurostar at a time when the company has faced criticism over its high prices, especially on the Paris-London route.<\/p>\n<p>An electrical fault forced the cancellation of Eurostar services and severe delays in August. The theft of cables on train tracks in northern France caused two days of problems in June.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eurostar services between London and Europe disrupted as Channel Tunnel undergoes \u2018technical intervention\u2019. Published On 30 Dec 202530 Dec 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Power problems and a stuck train interrupted rail traffic flowing through the undersea tunnel connecting the UK to continental Europe with passenger train operator Eurostar indefinitely [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6974,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}