Thousands of Eurostar passengers facing cancellations and severe delays

Thousands of Eurostar passengers are suffering terrible delays and cancellations owed to cablegram theft - a time aft 2 way fatalities caused disruption.

The latest delays travel aft 600 metres of copper cables were stolen overnight successful the metropolis of Lille successful bluish France, according to reports successful the country.

Eurostar said this was forcing it to tally services connected alternate routes, causing extended travel times.

Its services were already disrupted due to the fact that galore trains and unit members were retired of presumption aft 2 fatalities connected obstruction lines successful France connected Tuesday.

The relation said it was handing retired h2o to passengers connected delayed trains, and it has teams astatine stations to supply assistance.

Affected passengers are capable to alteration their question plans escaped of charge, oregon petition a afloat refund.

In a station connected X, Eurostar said the cablegram theft meant trains were apt to beryllium "subject to terrible delays and last-minute cancellations", adding: "We counsel you to cancel oregon postpone your trip."

Eurostar said successful a statement: "We are profoundly atrocious to corroborate that determination were 2 abstracted fatalities connected the LGV Nord high-speed enactment betwixt Lille and Paris yesterday.

"Our thoughts are with the families and friends of those who mislaid their lives.

"The enactment was closed for overmuch of the day and evening, resulting successful important disruption to Eurostar services, including cancellations connected routes to and from Paris.

"Trains connected the London-Brussels-Amsterdam way continued to tally with delays.

"This morning, disruption continues owed to the knock-on interaction of displaced trains and crew.

"Further to this, services person been further affected by an incidental of cablegram theft connected the aforesaid enactment adjacent Lille."

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