Big freeze halts Eurostar once again

EUROSTAR train services to and from France were suspended for a second day because of freezing weather yesterday, throwing the Christmas holiday plans of tens of thousands of people into chaos.

More than 24,000 people have already been affected, but the operator of the Channel Tunnel passenger trains admitted it could not give a guarantee of when services would resume.

Eurostar were send test trains along the route yesterday to see if they could withstand the sub-zero temperatures in France which are believed to have caused five trains to break down in the tunnel on Friday.