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Channel Tunnel breakdown: Services returning to normal Channel Tunnel services still delayed after power supply problems
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Repairs to power lines in the Channel Tunnel, where a fault caused train cancellations on Monday, are almost complete and most trains are running. Trains through the Channel Tunnel have been hit by delays and cancellations again, after major disruption caused by an electrical supply fault on Monday.
Four Eurostar trains have been cancelled. Other services are running, although some have arrived late. Four Eurostar trains have been cancelled and while other services are running, many have arrived late.
Hundreds of passengers were evacuated from a Le Shuttle train on Monday. On Monday, hundreds of passengers were evacuated from a Le Shuttle train to France that stopped because of a fault with overhead lines in the tunnel.
The 06:20 BST service from Folkestone stopped a quarter of the way to France because of a fault with the overhead lines in the tunnel.
Cables were damaged for several hundred metres and had to be replaced.Cables were damaged for several hundred metres and had to be replaced.
The train stopped by the power supply fault eventually reached France at 17:15 BST and the passengers, who had been taken to the French terminal after being led off the train, were reunited with their cars. On Tuesday Eurostar has had to cancel two trains to the continent and two running to London, while other services have been delayed by up to an hour.
Trains run through two main tunnels - one operating from France to England and one from England to France when services are running normally. Passengers wanting to use Le Shuttle services - which carry people in cars from Folkestone to Coquelles, near Calais - have faced waiting times at the Kent terminal of up to three hours.
When one tunnel is blocked, the other is used for trains in both directions, with a change of direction about every 90 minutes. On Monday, the train affected by the loss of power, the 06:20 BST train from Folkestone, eventually reached France at 17:15 BST when the passengers, who had been taken to the French terminal after being led off the train, were reunited with their cars.
Monday's problem caused long delays and cancellations of Eurostar passenger trains between London St Pancras and Paris and Brussels and Le Shuttle vehicle trains, which run between Folkestone and Coquelles near Calais. Under normal circumstances trains run through two main tunnels - one operating from France to England and one from England to France.
But when one tunnel is blocked, the other is used for trains in both directions, with a change of direction about every 90 minutes.
Monday's problem caused long delays and cancellations of Eurostar passenger trains between London St Pancras and Paris and Brussels and Le Shuttle vehicle trains.
There were also lengthy traffic queues in Dover as passengers tried to reach ferries.There were also lengthy traffic queues in Dover as passengers tried to reach ferries.
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Eurostar runs more than 20 services in each direction through the tunnel on a normal week day.Eurostar runs more than 20 services in each direction through the tunnel on a normal week day.
It cancelled four scheduled for Tuesday morning and said there were delays of up to 60 minutes on other journeys. The four cancelled Eurostar services were the 07:31 London to Paris; the 08:52 Brussels to London; the 08:58 London to Brussels and the 11:43 Paris to London service.
The cancelled Eurostar services were the 07:31 London to Paris; the 08:52 Brussels to London; the 08:58 London to Brussels and the 11:43 Paris to London service. Eurotunnel said on Tuesday the extent of the previous day's disruption was unlikely to be repeated because traffic levels were expected to be far lower.
Eurotunnel said on Tuesday the extent of the disruption was unlikely to be repeated because traffic levels were expected to be far lower.
It said Le Shuttle services were operating with some disruption and there was a waiting time of about three hours at the terminal in Folkestone.
Monday's problems were exacerbated by additional traffic returning from the Le Mans classic car weekend in the morning and by many personnel associated with the Tour de France travelling back to France in the late afternoon and evening.Monday's problems were exacerbated by additional traffic returning from the Le Mans classic car weekend in the morning and by many personnel associated with the Tour de France travelling back to France in the late afternoon and evening.
Cyclists competing in the Tour de France flew to France from London City Airport on Monday evening on four chartered planes, after finishing the third stage in London. Cyclists competing in the Tour de France flew to France on Monday evening on four chartered planes, after finishing the third stage in London.
P&O Ferries transported the Tour's entourage, with about 1,100 vehicles passing through the Port of Dover.P&O Ferries transported the Tour's entourage, with about 1,100 vehicles passing through the Port of Dover.