Eurostar launches £25 fare for those who don’t mind when they travel (or who they sit next to)
Passengers who book Snap ticket will be told only 48 hours in advance what time of day their train is leaving The fare can only be booked a week in … Continue reading
More than 800 migrants try to storm Channel Tunnel in France
Some 800 to 1,000 migrants try to break into the Channel Tunnel File photo: A refugee climbs a security fence of a Eurotunnel terminal in Coquelles near Calais, northern France … Continue reading
Pro-refugee activists scuffle with police at London Eurostar terminal
London’s St Pancras station sees second protest this month against UK’s response to migration crisis in which thousands have died while travelling Pro-refugee protesters broke through a line of … Continue reading
Calais terminal ‘invasion’ halts Eurotunnel overnight
More than 100 refugees and migrants storm French terminal in what officials describe as an organised attack French police inspect a fence broken down by refugees to enter the Eurotunnel … Continue reading
Man electrocuted near Channel tunnel entrance in France
Man presumed to be Syrian was trying to climb on to roof of train to get to England, local official says At least 10 people have died in or near … Continue reading
Eurostar revamps its seating and introduces free Wi-Fi
Eurostar’s e300 is a modernised version of the train that has been travelling to Paris and Brussels for more than 25 years Gone are the dated, cramped interiors of the … Continue reading
So-called improved security at Calais Eurostar station as police fear migrants will continue going onto tracks
SNCF Réseau, France’s national rail infrastructure operator, started cutting down trees and shrubs to stop migrants hiding and seeking to stop and climb onto Eurostar trains The new fence next … Continue reading
Stranded Eurostar passengers describe ‘disgusting’ conditions on board train
Exhausted Eurostar passengers arriving at St Pancras International after a 16-hour journey from Paris through Calais described conditions on board their stranded train as “disgusting” By Telegraph Video, and agencies, … Continue reading
Migrants targeting UK bound passenger trains taking ever greater risks
As Eurostar train delayed by people on roof finally arrives, Eurotunnel reports increased security is resulting in more desperate tactics A Eurostar train is delayed by the disruption at the … Continue reading
Eurostar chaos as migrants clamber onto tracks
Five trains held as French police clear migrants from line after latest disruption to cross channel traffic A Eurostar train comes out of the Channel Tunnel Photo: AFP/Getty By David Millward … Continue reading
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