The incident happened late on Tuesday, affecting the 15:50 Eurotunnel Le Shuttle service from Calais to Folkestone. Travelers on the service shared their experience on social media, with videos showing people walking through the alternative tunnel along the 31-mile (50km) rail route between Britain and France. Some passengers carried suitcases and walked dogs through the tunnel, while travelers on the Calais side were told to stay away from the terminal until 6am on Wednesday, leading to long queues at the bus terminal late at night. Tuesday afternoon. A traveler on the evacuated train, Michael Harrison, from Cranbrook, Kent, told the PA: “We entered the crossing at 3.50pm, about 10 minutes the lights went out and the train stopped. They told us they had to investigate a problem with the wheels. It took them about an hour and a half to investigate and apparently they found nothing.” “After further waiting, we left the train through the emergency connecting tunnel to the service tunnel. We then walked about 10 minutes on a train in front of the injured train. This train then stopped as it could not be pulled, probably because it was long and had no weight.’ Harrison arrived at Folkestone six hours after boarding the train. Archie Bland and Nimo Omer take you to the top stories and what they mean, free every weekday morning Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain information about charities, online advertising and content sponsored by external parties. For more information, see our Privacy Policy. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and Google’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. In a statement, a Eurotunnel Le Shuttle spokesman said: “A train has broken down in the tunnel and we are in the process of transferring customers to a separate passenger coach through the service tunnel to return to Folkestone Terminal. We sincerely apologize for this inconvenience.”
