Travellers had to leave their vehicles and walk through the emergency tunnel
Photograph: Kate Scott/Twitter/PAPhotograph: Kate Scott/Twitter/PAEurotunnel passengers were stranded for nearly five hours at subsea level after the train broke down beneath the Channel, leaving hundreds of passengers to be ushered to a service tunnel.
Travellers on the service shared their experience on social media, with videos showing people walking through the alternate tunnel alongside the 31-mile rail route between Britain andSome passengers carried suitcases and walked with dogs through the tunnel while travellers on the Calais side were urged to stay away from the terminal until 6am on Wednesday, leading to large queues at the shuttle terminal late into Tuesday evening.
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