A spokeswoman said "an overhead line fell onto a Eurostar train linking London and Paris, near the entrance to the Channel Tunnel". New Year travellers had to scramble to find alternatives on Tuesday, after the operator postponed all services between London, Paris, Amsterdam and Brussels. But Eurostar said on Wednesday that services had "resumed today following a power issue in the Channel Tunnel yesterday and some further issues with rail infrastructure overnight". Eurostar has held a monopoly on passenger services through the tunnel linking Britain and France since it opened in 1994. An electrical fault forced the cancellation of Eurostar services and severe delays on others in August, while cable theft on train tracks in northern France caused problems in June.

Source: Forbes December 31, 2025 21:30 UTC