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| Eurostar passengers told to postpone journeys to and from Paris | Eurostar passengers told to postpone journeys to and from Paris |
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| Thousands of passengers have been told to "postpone" their Eurostar train journeys to and from Paris with the firm expecting cancellations and delays. | Thousands of passengers have been told to "postpone" their Eurostar train journeys to and from Paris with the firm expecting cancellations and delays. |
| Eurostar said the disruption was "due to part of the track being temporarily closed on the French network" because of a power failure. | |
| It advised passengers to keep an eye on the Eurostar website and app for further updates. | It advised passengers to keep an eye on the Eurostar website and app for further updates. |
| Nine trains between London and Paris have been cancelled for Monday while a further 17 have been delayed, according to the Eurostar website. | Nine trains between London and Paris have been cancelled for Monday while a further 17 have been delayed, according to the Eurostar website. |
| The firm has also cancelled and delayed several journeys between Paris and Brussels as well as Paris and Amsterdam. | The firm has also cancelled and delayed several journeys between Paris and Brussels as well as Paris and Amsterdam. |
| "We advise passengers on these routes to postpone their journey if possible. They can exchange their ticket free of charge or request a full refund," Eurostar added. | "We advise passengers on these routes to postpone their journey if possible. They can exchange their ticket free of charge or request a full refund," Eurostar added. |
| Other Eurostar journeys, such as those between London and Amsterdam, have not been affected by the issue. | |
| Eurostar said the problem was "due to a power failure on the highspeed line" between Moussy and Longueil in France, which it said was being dealt with by France's state-owned rail operator SNCF Réseau. | |
| The firm said SNCF Réseau had told it that one track will be reopened at 18:30 CET (17:30 BST) and that this will "allow trains to run again on the high-speed line but with limited service". | |
| "Traffic should be able to resume on both tracks tomorrow morning when services start running again," Eurostar added. | |
| It said extra staff have been sent to affected stations to help passengers. | It said extra staff have been sent to affected stations to help passengers. |
| The Eurostar delays come at one of the busiest times of year for travel, with many Britons planning holidays during August. | |
| It is not the first time this summer the Eurostar service has been disrupted. In June, Eurostar faced two days of cancellations and disruption after two people died in separate incidents on a French railway line. |