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| Eurostar trains operating from St Pancras will be running at "nearly 100% capacity" by the end of the week, Eurotunnel has confirmed. | Eurostar trains operating from St Pancras will be running at "nearly 100% capacity" by the end of the week, Eurotunnel has confirmed. |
| Freight services are expected to run at 90% and slightly lower on passenger services from Folkestone. | |
| Eurotunnel is hoping to reopen the first of three ten-and-a-half mile sections of track in the north tunnel on Monday. | Eurotunnel is hoping to reopen the first of three ten-and-a-half mile sections of track in the north tunnel on Monday. |
| And it hopes a second section will be open by Wednesday. | And it hopes a second section will be open by Wednesday. |
| The final ten-mile section most badly damaged by the fire is being investigated by police and it will still be "some time" before it reopens. | The final ten-mile section most badly damaged by the fire is being investigated by police and it will still be "some time" before it reopens. |
| A spokesman for Eurostar warned there could still be slight delays to journey times as the trains slow down when they divert to the undamaged south tunnel to navigate past the damaged section. | A spokesman for Eurostar warned there could still be slight delays to journey times as the trains slow down when they divert to the undamaged south tunnel to navigate past the damaged section. |
| He said: "Think about it like when a lane is closed on a motorway. By the end of the week it will be a ten-mile lane closure and not 30 miles." | He said: "Think about it like when a lane is closed on a motorway. By the end of the week it will be a ten-mile lane closure and not 30 miles." |
| From Monday, Eurostar trains to Paris will increase from 12 a day to 15. The normal service is 17 trains a day. | From Monday, Eurostar trains to Paris will increase from 12 a day to 15. The normal service is 17 trains a day. |
| Thirty-two people on board the freight service were led to safety when the fire broke out in the tunnel on 11 September. | Thirty-two people on board the freight service were led to safety when the fire broke out in the tunnel on 11 September. |
| Fourteen had suffered minor injuries, including smoke inhalation. | Fourteen had suffered minor injuries, including smoke inhalation. |
| The source of the blaze has not yet been identified but French officials say a lorry carrying chemicals, which is understood to have overturned on the freight train, was close to the seat of the fire. | The source of the blaze has not yet been identified but French officials say a lorry carrying chemicals, which is understood to have overturned on the freight train, was close to the seat of the fire. |
| The Channel Tunnel has suffered several incidents since it opened to traffic in 1994 although only one - a fire in 1996 - caused serious injuries. | The Channel Tunnel has suffered several incidents since it opened to traffic in 1994 although only one - a fire in 1996 - caused serious injuries. |