Better service as tunnel re-opens

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TRAINS BACK TO 80% AS SECTION CLOSED BY FIRE TO REOPEN AFTER REPAIRS. Eurotunnel has announced it has reopened a 17-km section of the Channel Tunnel damaged by a fire. Train operators have


been running a limited service through the southern tunnel which was undamaged by the fire which broke out on September 11. A statement from Eurotunnel said: “Bringing a 17-kilometer-long


section of the north tunnel back into service will enable Eurotunnel to increase the number of trains running through the tunnel to almost 170 per day.” A Eurotunnel spokesman said the


improvement would bring overall traffic to 80 % of the level before the fire, while shuttle services would run at 50 % of capacity. Photo:Tompagenet