Railway Performance Society Magazine - Milepost

Eurostar claims 93% reliability despite Chunnel disruption

Services between London and Paris/Brussels have been severly disrupted due to the closure of one of the Chunnel's two rail tunnels, following a serious Lorry fire on September 11.

A section of the damaged Eurotunnel Lorry Shuttle was dragged out of the Chunnel this evening (Wed Oct 1st), but another 800m of train has yet to be brought out.

Eurotunnel claims that five of six Chunnel sections are open to traffic. Eurostar has revised its timetable from today (Wed Oct 1 2008) to take advantage of this, claiming that the new timetable will equate to 93% of the seating that would have been on offer.

However most services to Paris/Brussels have journey times extended by 20 minutes. The Chunnel is not expected to fully reopen until Early 2009.

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