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Eurotunnel urges passengers to postpone travel after fault Eurotunnel services return to normal after eight-hour delays
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Eurotunnel has urged passengers due to use the Channel Tunnel overnight to postpone their journey. Eurotunnel services are returning to normal after passengers were urged to postpone their journeys overnight.
There are waits of about eight hours on trips from the UK terminal, while Eurostar services are also delayed, after a track fault. Passengers had faced waits of about eight hours on trips from the UK terminal, while Eurostar services were also delayed, after a track fault.
The cross-Channel services have been sharing one track while specialists carry out repairs on the broken rail. The cross-Channel services were forced to share one track while specialists carried out repairs on the broken rail.
A Eurotunnel spokesman said extra trains were being added and delays would ease by Monday morning. Eurotunnel passenger services are now operating to schedule. Eurostar's trains are expected to run on time.
Queues of traffic have been building at the UK terminal causing long delays near junction 11a of the M20. Queues of traffic built at the UK terminal on Sunday night, causing long delays near junction 11a of the M20.
Some 11,000 cars had been expected to use the tunnel on Sunday, but Monday should see "lower traffic", Eurotunnel said.Some 11,000 cars had been expected to use the tunnel on Sunday, but Monday should see "lower traffic", Eurotunnel said.
Passengers travelling from Folkestone to Calais currently face a wait time of around 90 minutes before check-in, plus six-and-a-half hours waiting in the terminal. Passengers travelling from Folkestone to Calais had faced wait times of around 90 minutes before check-in, plus six-and-a-half hours waiting in the terminal.
Tickets are not being sold to non-reserved customers. Lorry drivers also had to wait to get onto trains from France to the UK.
Lorry drivers are also facing a wait to get onto trains from France to the UK. Extra trains were added to reduce delays while the rail works were carried out and later finished overnight.
Eurotunnel tweeted: "We recommend that customers due to travel overnight do not travel or postpone your journey... We're trying hard to add extra trains to reduce the waiting time." Eurostar said compensation would be available to passengers whose journeys were delayed by more than an hour.
Eurostar tweeted: "The traffic is still impacted by the single working line through the tunnel. Apologies to our passengers for this evening's slow pace."
The company said compensation would be available to passengers whose journeys were delayed by more than an hour.
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