EPISODE · Dec 27, 2024 · 5 MIN
December 27th - It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas doesn't like Eurostar
from Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas doesn't like Eurostar. Last year, a sudden strike by Eurotunnel staff thwarted thousands of passengers. And today the first London-Paris train broke down in the Channel Tunnel. Elsewhere, issues with some services from London Euston but train services on a whole are looking ok for what was scheduled to be running today.This podcast is free, as is the weekly Independent Travel newsletter. Get that here and have it posted to your inbox every Friday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas doesn't like Eurostar. Last year, a sudden strike by Eurotunnel staff thwarted thousands of passengers. And today the first London-Paris train broke down in the Channel Tunnel. Elsewhere, issues with some services from London Euston but train services on a whole are looking ok for what was scheduled to be running today.This podcast is free, as is the weekly Independent Travel newsletter. Get that here and have it posted to your inbox every Friday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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