HOLIDAYMAKERS were forced to walk through the Eurotunnel after a train broke down inside – leaving them stuck for almost five hours. Claustrophobia-inducing footage captured crowds of passeng…
Some travellers were scared by being trapped below the sea, according to witnesses.
A spokesman for Eurotunnel Le Shuttle said: "A train has broken down in the tunnel and we are in the process of transferring customers to a separate passenger shuttle via the service tunnel, to return to our Folkestone terminal.The emergency also caused an enormous backlog at Calais, where drivers were told to stay away from the terminal until 6am on Wednesday.
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