Passengers were stuck on a Eurostar train in the Channel Tunnel for two-and-a-half hours after an apparent breakdown of the London to Paris service, Report informs via The Independent.
On one of the busiest travel days of the festive season, the first train of the day from London St Pancras International departed on time at 6:01 am. It was due to arrive at Paris Gare du Nord at 9:20 am local time. But it broke down in the Channel Tunnel.
Gaby Koppel, a television producer, told The Independent: “We stopped in the tunnel about an hour into the journey, so roughly 7 am UK time.
“There were occasional loudspeaker announcements saying they did not know what the fault was.
“Eventually they said at 9 am that we would get going ‘in 20 minutes’ but we are still here.
“Some of the lighting in the carriage has been switched down, but it has become very stuffy in the carriage.”
The train eventually started moving at 9:30 am. Passengers have been taken to Calais Frethun station to await a replacement train. They are expected to be at least four-and-a-half hours late arriving in Paris.