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| Eurostar services suspended and customers warned not to travel after person hit by train | Eurostar services suspended and customers warned not to travel after person hit by train |
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| Eurostar was forced to cancel hours of services on the first day of summer after a person was hit by a train. | |
| The Channel Tunnel rail company said no trains were able to run between Ebbsfleet International and Ashford International stations in Kent on the high-speed line. | The Channel Tunnel rail company said no trains were able to run between Ebbsfleet International and Ashford International stations in Kent on the high-speed line. |
| Queues built up at Eurostar terminals in St Pancras in London and Gare du Nord in Paris as the company said it was investigating an incident "impacting all our services". | Queues built up at Eurostar terminals in St Pancras in London and Gare du Nord in Paris as the company said it was investigating an incident "impacting all our services". |
| A spokesman said that while services resumed in the afternoon, those whose trains were cancelled in the morning would be better off changing to travel on another day. | |
| He said there were still extensive queues as customers sought to be placed on later services, while delays were expected as the company predicted "a bit of a knock-on" from the morning. | |
| Some Southeastern services on the route were also affected, and rail officials said replacement transport was being put in place. | Some Southeastern services on the route were also affected, and rail officials said replacement transport was being put in place. |
| Extreme sympathy for #eurostar passengers. Q trailing twice round block & then announcement all services suspended till further notice | Extreme sympathy for #eurostar passengers. Q trailing twice round block & then announcement all services suspended till further notice |
| This eurostar queue at King's Cross station is hands down the longest queue I've ever seen. There's literally thousands queueing #London | This eurostar queue at King's Cross station is hands down the longest queue I've ever seen. There's literally thousands queueing #London |
| @Eurostar my train cancelled. please advise if I will be placed on a subsequent train or if I need to find alternative transportation. | @Eurostar my train cancelled. please advise if I will be placed on a subsequent train or if I need to find alternative transportation. |
| Eurostar chaos at St Pancras. Lots of cancelations. pic.twitter.com/XYxkDdCC7B | Eurostar chaos at St Pancras. Lots of cancelations. pic.twitter.com/XYxkDdCC7B |
| @Eurostar we know it's not your fault but we need updates. With this Q for local trains into LDN we're juststranded. pic.twitter.com/AID31V702e | @Eurostar we know it's not your fault but we need updates. With this Q for local trains into LDN we're juststranded. pic.twitter.com/AID31V702e |