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Transport: all Eurostar trains canceled this Saturday
Transport: all Eurostar trains canceled this Saturday – (France info)
The Eurostar rails were flooded near London (United Kingdom) on Saturday December 30, causing the cancellation of all Eurostar trains scheduled to run during the day.
St Pancras station is crowded on Saturday December 30 in London (United Kingdom), but Eurostar trains remain grounded. Travelers held out hope for a long time, but the sentence finally came in the middle of the afternoon: no trains will run this Saturday. “I’m devastated, I just cried a little. I just want to go home. It’s New Year’s Eve tomorrow. I’ve been traveling a lot. My train is canceled 10 minutes before departure”confides a woman.
Significant financial losses for some travelers
Same situation at Gare du Nord, in Paris, where travelers tried to find a plan B. But at the last minute, flights are often full or overpriced. A newlywed couple who were to spend their honeymoon in London will lose much more than just their ticket: “The cruise on the Thames that we booked fell through too, so we are impacted, financially too, to the tune of 1,000 euros, roughly”. The cause was the flooding of the rails in a station 30 kilometers from the London station.
