Chaos struck the Eurostar today as hundreds of passengers had to be evacuated from a train after it became stuck in the Channel Tunnel.
On one of the busiest travel days of the year, around 800 passengers were stuck in the tunnel for several hours before being evacuated to Calais.The train had been making its way to Paris when it broke down, with one disgruntled traveller telling the Independent they were expected to arrive in the French capital four and a half hours late.Writing on social media, Eurostar said the train had suffered a "technical issue.
"Writing on X, formerly known as Twitter, this morning, freelance journalist Gaby Koppel said: "I'm on the first @EurostarUK train out of London heading for Paris. We've been stationary in the tunnel for 2hrs now, and have been told that we'll be going again in 15 minutes."Later, she wrote: "#Eurostarchaos just leaving Lille. It is now six and a half hours since we left London and we haven't reached Paris yet.
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