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Transport: flooded Eurostar rails, major chaos in stations
Transport: the Eurostar rails flooded, the big mess in the stations – (France 2)
New Year’s Eve is already off to a very bad start for those who had planned to take the Eurostar, to or from London. All trains were canceled on Saturday December 30 due to flooding.
The eyes riveted on thes phones, looking for a last minute cancellation to cross the Channel after a long wait. Thousands of travelers learned over the hours, this Saturday, September 30, that all Eurostars for the day are canceled, and consequently theirs end-of-year celebrations because Sunday trains, if they run, are all full.
A Eurostar strike ten days ago
The explanation for this total traffic stoppage lies around thirty kilometers east of London (United Kingdom), under the train station.Ebbsfleet. A flood has rushed into a railway tunnel, the result of the rains which have been hitting England for ten days. A stream is now present on the rails. When departing from Gare du Nord in Paris, some will lose their hotel reservations, and sometimes more. On December 21, many Eurostar had already been canceled due to a strike announced at the last minute by employees of the company managing the Channel Tunnel.
