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UPDATE : We have made the decision to cancel all services on Sunday 20th December , as the few services we managed to get into operation today struggled terribly with the conditions in the tunnel. We just could not take the risk of subjecting any traveller to a repeat of last night.
Our apologies | Little break, Big difference
Eurostar has been conducting a series of test-runs to ensure that the modifications that it has been making to its trains are working effectively. The test-runs that have been conducted this morning have worked well and if the later test runs are similarly successful, we will be resuming a limited service tomorrow.
Responding to questions about today’s disruption | Little break,
Eurostar PR fallouts from tunnel incident « Tales and tips from
In ordinary situations, it is an amazingly well oiled machine. 30,000 passengers per day go back and forth without a breeze.
Eurostar sous le feu des critiques des passagers - LeMonde.fr
La direction d'Eurostar est sous le feu des critiques.Crisis-hit Eurostar discovers social media users want more than
More than 2,000 people were trapped in the Channel Tunnel on Friday night after five trains broke down due to temperature variations, with some stuck on trains for up to 16 hours. Many complained about the lack of information and supplies such food and toilet paper, while the heat and close conditions led to some to force open doors to get more air to breathe.
As you may already know, Eurostar, who are a client of ours, had a major disruption today . Five Eurostar trains suffered electrical breakdowns in the channel tunnel, leaving passengers stuck on trains in very unpleasant conditions, and even more were left stranded as all of today’s Eurostar services were cancelled. As you would expect with any event of this nature, this very quickly became big news on Twitter and elsewhere in social media.
A note about today’s Eurostar crisis / we are social
Winter certainly did arrive in many parts of the UK overnight on Thursday with thick snow blanketing much of the eastern and southern parts of England.
It it weren’t a serious matter, it would be a farce | NevilleHob
Last night I saw a couple of tweets from people saying they were waiting for friends to arrive in London from Paris on a Eurostar train.
As hundreds of Eurostar passengers languish, Eurostar ignores Tw
There are plenty of people rushing to judge Eurostar this weekend. The headline on TechCrunch is almost comical – “ As hundreds of Eurostar passengers languish, Eurostar ignores Twitter .”
Some thoughts on where #Eurostar’s communications went wrong – R
The emergency plan was introduced after thousands were trapped in the Channel Tunnel on six trains on Friday and Saturday night, when electrics failed.