Death Cruiser Flight Crew
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Vaucluse, France.
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The Eurostar trains seat 206 First and 544 Standard Class passengers. The enormity of the problem is that Eurostar now carry more passengers between London and Brussels/Paris than all the airlines combined! Anyone got a fleet of A380s going spare?
There is nothing blocking the tunnel at the moment, but the Eurotunnel shuttles are operating under very trying weather conditions, as I see that freezing rain is falling on the French side, and is forecast to do so until this time tomorrow. Nasty stuff, freezing rain, and I wouldn't want to be setting off down the autoroute in it.
A lot of freight trains go through the tunnel, especially at night.
With the 'Open Rails' agreement coming into force next year across the EU, Air France/KLM have applied for train operating licences into St. Pancras.