Reminiscent of British cars of the sixties, the Eurostar train system has been felled by, um, the weather. Specifically very cold weather that led to condensation in the Channel Tunnel leading to electrical failure and five immobile trains stuck in the tunnel.
From the BBC
Passengers trapped on Eurostar trains relive ordeal
Passengers trapped on board broken-down Eurostar trains for up to 16 hours have been talking about their ordeals.
More
than 2,000 people were trapped inside the Channel Tunnel for hours
after five trains suffered electrical failure due to freezing
conditions.
One commuter called the experience a "complete nightmare".
Eurostar
ran a limited service but later cancelled three of the four trains due
to leave London on Saturday and scrapped all services for Sunday.
It said the cancellations were made due to ongoing concerns with the weather.
Regarding the technical details:
Responding to criticism over the handling of the situation,
Eurostar's chief executive, Richard Brown, said: "We did get them all
safely out of the tunnel. Safety is our absolute priority as you would
expect.
"What was unprecedented was the weather conditions
particularly in northern France with heavy snowfall and very, very cold
temperatures outside of the tunnel."
Mr Brown said the conditions caused condensation which brought about electrical problems in the tunnel.
He
added: "It is utterly unprecedented to have five trains failing in the
tunnel at the same time. We will obviously be looking very closely at
this to make sure that is does not happen again."
Well, apparently those conditions aren't unprecedented any more.
Say, were any of those electrical systems supplied by Lucas?
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