Trains were running again Wednesday in both directions through the Channel Tunnel between continental Europe and the United Kingdom but problems remained after a day of travel chaos caused by power malfunctions.
Eurotunnel, the tunnel operator, said the 50-kilometer (32-mile) undersea link was back to “full capacity” following overnight repairs to the electrical fault. The company did not provide details on the cause of the outage.
Eurostar, which operates passenger trains through the tunnel, warned travelers of ongoing “knock-on impacts” from Tuesday’s disruption. Its website reported delays on routes between London and Paris, Brussels, and Amsterdam, along with early-morning cancellations.
Another related power incident on the U.K. side Tuesday affected passengers aboard three trains. An overhead cable fell on a Eurostar train from London to Paris, and moving the stranded train proved “very complex,” Eurostar said.
Passenger Ghislain Planque described an 11-hour journey that should have taken 90 minutes, saying travelers endured darkness, no heating, no air-conditioning, and no way to charge phones during the ordeal.