Passengers stranded in freezing weather after Brussels to London St Pancras train gets stuck.
Eurostar was hit with further weather-related woes today when another train was stranded in the Channel tunnel for more than an hour.
Several trains were cancelled because of freezing temperatures and the company was forced to offer full refunds or exchanges to all passengers who were due to travel.
The affected train left Brussels at 8.05am local time and was due to arrive at London St Pancras about two hours later. It had to be towed out of the tunnel by a service engine.
As a result, three subsequent trains that had left Paris, London and Brussels were turned back. Passengers on the 8.07am Paris-London train stranded in Calais said they were told they could take a ferry to England or return to Paris.
A spokeswoman for Eurostar said the stranded train was towed to Ashford and passengers were transferred on to a train for London that arrived at 12.19pm. It is not known why the train broke down but further details are expected to be released this afternoon. Breakdowns in December were caused by heavy snow.
The stranded train quickly had a knock-on effect and by the early afternoon Eurostar was advising passengers whose travel was not essential to rebook their tickets or claim a full refund.
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