Hundreds of Eurostar passengers stranded on broken down train for eight hours

About 700 Eurostar passengers have been stranded on a broken down train for more than eight hours (Alamy/PA)

About 700 Eurostar passengers have been stranded on a broken down train with no power or working toilets for more than eight hours.

The Amsterdam-bound service departed London St Pancras as scheduled at 8.16am but broke down around half an hour later near the entrance to the Channel Tunnel in Kent.