Dissatisfaction among travelers: Trains at the Eurotunnel canceled due to strikes

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At the major train stations of Paris and London, excitement broke out among travelers. In the evening, the unions announced the end of the strike and that train services would resume “tonight”.

According to its own statements, tunnel manager Getlink had offered employees a bonus of 1,000 euros, but the unions demanded three times as much. Due to the strike, 30 Eurostar connections from Paris, London and Brussels were canceled on Thursday. The car trains between Calais in France and Folkestone in England were also affected by the strike.

Railway company Eurostar announced on Friday via the online service X (formerly Twitter) that it “has no information about the status of the services”. She asked her passengers to check the status of their connections on the website.

In the evening, the French unions announced the end of the wildcat strike. Traffic will resume in the evening, says union representative Franck Herent. Negotiations with management had produced “results that satisfied us,” he said.

At the Gare du Nord in Paris, passengers in the crowded waiting room were informed of the train cancellations via loudspeaker announcements in the afternoon. “There are no trains running to London today, we ask that you exchange your tickets for the next few days,” it said. Many travelers tried to rebook their tickets and frantically searched for alternative travel options on their smartphones.

The strike also caused anger and excitement across the English Channel. At London’s St. Pancras train station, security staff struggled to get people off the platform who had already passed through the Eurostars checkpoints bound for Paris and Brussels, a journalist from the AFP news agency said on the spot.

French Transport Minister Clément Beaune called the Eurotunnel blockade “unacceptable”. “A solution must be found immediately,” he explained in a post on X. “I call on everyone to take responsibility and ensure good traffic and holiday conditions.”

Opened in 1994 and approximately 50 kilometers long, the Eurotunnel is one of the longest rail tunnels in the world. About 38 kilometers runs under the English Channel. Passenger trains, as well as trains carrying cars and trucks, pass through the tunnel.

(SDA)

Source: Blick