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Electrical fault shuts Channel tunnel: operator
PARIS, June 24, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Train services between France and Britain
were suspended on Sunday due to an electrical problem in the tunnel linking
the two countries, the train and tunnel operators said.
Traffic was blocked for two hours in the late morning due to a power outage
on the French side, a spokesman for Eurotunnel told AFP.
“The problem has been identified and current has been restored but now we
need to check everything, as we do after every outage,” the spokesman added.
No trains were stuck in the tunnel, which travels for 31 miles (50
kilometres) under the English Channel, the company added.
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