Train services between France and Britain were suspended for several hours on Sunday due to a major electrical problem in the tunnel linking the two countries, the train and tunnel operators said. Traffic was blocked for around three hours before lunchtime due to a power outage on the French side, a spokesman for Eurotunnel told AFP.
"The problem has been identified and current has been restored but now we need to check everything, as we do after every outage," the spokesman added. No trains were stuck in the tunnel, which runs for 31 miles (50 kilometres) under the English Channel, and freight and passenger trains were able to resume at around 1:30 pm (1130 GMT), the company added. A major electrical fault in October 2016 also led services through the tunnel to be suspended for five hours.