Eurostar on Tuesday (December 30) suspended its cross-Channel train services to and from London following a power supply problem in the tunnel that links Britain and France, a company spokesperson said, disrupting peak winter holiday rail travel.

The spokesperson did not know when services would resume and declined to say how many passengers were affected. On its website, the high-speed train operator warned passengers to expect severe delays.

The disruption affects one of Europe’s busiest international rail corridors at the height of the winter travel season.

Eurostar trains out of London serve Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam and Disneyland Paris.

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

1. VARIOUS OF DEPARTURE SIGN WITH EUROSTAR TRAIN TO LONDON MARKED AS CANCELLED

2. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE AT GARE DU NORD CLIMBING STAIRS TO CHECK IN DESKS AND PLATFORMS FOR TRAINS TO LONDON

3. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE STANDING ON EUROSTAR PLATFORM

4. (SOUNDBITE) (English) TRAVELLER FROM ZURICH IN SWITZERLAND, DANIEL FASSER, SAYING:

“I realise I’ve been travelling only by plane or by car (in the past) and it’s actually the first time that I used the trains. And I have Interrail ticket for senior people and I was excited to find out how it works. And since I started in Zurich I just had troubles with the reservations, with overbookings, with the cancellation of the train."

5. PEOPLE EXITING EUROSTAR AS TRAIN CANCELLED

6. (SOUNDBITE) (English) TOURIST FROM SOUTH KOREA, GYEONG HYEON, SAYING:

“Today I am going to London but Eurostar is all day, everything is cancelled."

7. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE AT GARE DU NORD RAILWAY STATION AFTER EUROSTAR REPORTED DELAYS AND CANCELLATIONS

8. ARRIVAL SIGN WITH EUROSTAR TRAIN FROM LONDON CANCELLED, OTHERS SHOWN AS ON TIME