Eurostar suspended services, investigation of failures to 6 trains

Yesterday - 13:52 Michael Holden Continue reading this news again today stayed the Eurostar train service, while the company is investigating the failure of six trains - carrying 2,500 passengers - five of which fermatisi in the Channel Tunnel linking France and Great Britain. Passengers have been stranded on trains for several hours - in one case good 16 hours - in the night between Friday and Saturday due to technical problems caused by snow and temperatures dropped below zero, says Eurostar. The company reported that the trains have been damaged for the transition between the cold outside and the heat of the tunnel, to the effect of condensation on the electrical systems of the tunnel operator, Eurotunnel, has announced that its shuttle service that transports vehicles and freight trains still operating. "I can not guarantee that our service works because we have suspended today until they arrive at the origin of what happened Friday night," said Richard Brown, CEO Eurostar, run by the French railway company SNCF, the Belgian SNCB and British CRL. "Do not resume services until we are confident that we can travel (trains) safely," he told BBC television. Many of the passengers trapped Friday night in convoys into the tunnel of 51 kilometers, most long tunnel under the sea in the world, were infuriated at being left without electricity, air conditioning, food and water. Some have complained about the lack of communications from Eurostar during the blockade. "We are very sorry for what happened because clearly been a shocking and distressing," said Brown. "Do not pretend that it all went well, I'm saying it went better than few people say. "Nirj Deva, an MEP elected in the south-east England, said Eurostar guilty of incompetence and called for the resignation of Brown .. Eurostar has about 40 thousand passengers a day between Britain and continental Europe. The suspension of service, along with problems related to the ferries crossing the English Channel, and the bad weather has caused long queues on the roads south-east of England.