Eurostar hit by power outage during height of New Year travel season
As Eurostar train services between the UK and continental Europe are suspended on 30 December 2025, people will be traveling to London’s St. She sits with her bags at St. Pancras station.
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Eurostar urged passengers to change their travel plans on Tuesday after a problem with the overhead power supply caused the Channel Tunnel to close.
Eurostar said: “Due to a problem with the power supply and subsequent failure of the Le Shuttle train, the Channel tunnel is currently closed. Unfortunately this means we have no choice but to suspend all services today until further notice.” in question in a statement on its website warning of “major disruption.”
“Please do not come to the station. We are very sorry for the impact of the situation on your travel plans,” the company said.
The outage brings one of Europe’s busiest international rail corridors to a near standstill during the New Year travel season.
Published photos, St. It showed scores of people sitting around their bags at St. Pancras railway station and long queues of traffic as passengers waited to enter the Eurotunnel area at Folkestone in Kent.
A. expression LeShuttle, which provides rail services to people and their vehicles between Folkestone in England and Calais in France via the Channel Tunnel, said services were “temporarily suspended” for up to three hours due to the power outage. LeShuttle apologized for the inconvenience caused.
In contrast, the Eurostar service is only for passengers traveling to cities such as Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam.
People stand next to a Eurostar train at Gare du Nord station after Eurostar announced a power supply problem in the Channel Tunnel connecting England and France on December 30, 2025 in Paris, France.
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Getlink, which owns and operates the Channel Tunnel infrastructure, did not immediately respond to a request for comment from CNBC.
Eurostar, which operates flights from London to Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam, carried 19.5 million passengers in 2024. marking The most successful year in its history.
