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27/08/2009
Power Failure Hits Channel Tunnel
There was 'shock' this week as undersea passenger trains ground to a halt.
A power outage was being blamed after Channel Tunnel passengers - who boarded carriages in Calais at 7.50pm on Tuesday evening - didn't get to Folkestone in Kent until 2.30am on Wednesday morning.
It has been reported that hundreds of passengers were trapped in the tunnel for around six hours when the train suffered a power failure and broke down.
The 500 passengers were stuck in the dark too, after the lights went out and the air conditioning also stopped when the power failed.
Services in both directions were suspended for several hours while a rescue train arrived to pull the broken-down one out.
According to reports, a number of children and a diabetic woman fainted.
Eurotunnel apologised for the delay, with a spokesman saying the company would offer refunds for the cost of the trips.
(BMcC/GK)
A power outage was being blamed after Channel Tunnel passengers - who boarded carriages in Calais at 7.50pm on Tuesday evening - didn't get to Folkestone in Kent until 2.30am on Wednesday morning.
It has been reported that hundreds of passengers were trapped in the tunnel for around six hours when the train suffered a power failure and broke down.
The 500 passengers were stuck in the dark too, after the lights went out and the air conditioning also stopped when the power failed.
Services in both directions were suspended for several hours while a rescue train arrived to pull the broken-down one out.
According to reports, a number of children and a diabetic woman fainted.
Eurotunnel apologised for the delay, with a spokesman saying the company would offer refunds for the cost of the trips.
(BMcC/GK)
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