RSOE EDIS - Situation Update No. 3 : United Kingdom - Snow Storm

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Situation Update No. 3 Posted:2009-12-18, 06:17:21 [UTC] Ref.no.: SS-20091218-24207-GBR Situation Update No. 3 On 2009-12-19 at 06:09:06 [UTC] Event: Snow Storm Location: United Kingdom England England-wide Situation: More than 2,000 passengers trapped inside the Channel Tunnel overnight after four Eurostar trains broke down in wintry weather are being moved. It is thought the trains - all headed to London from Paris - failed as they left the cold air in northern France and entered the warmer air inside the tunnel. "All the passengers are safe," he said. "We don't have any casualties," said Eurostar spokesman Bram Smets. Two of the Eurostars are making their way to London St Pancras, pushed by diesel trains, he added. A third Eurostar train's passengers were taken by Eurotunnel shuttle to the terminal in France. A third train's passengers were evacuated onto a Eurotunnel shuttle train and have arrived in Folkestone. They will be taken to St Pancras in another Eurostar train. Please DO NOT reply to this message: replies may be treated as errors and result in your subscription being deleted. If you have trouble or other queries, send email to havaria@rsoe.hu RSOE EDIS is operated by the National Association of Radio-Distress Signalling and Infocommunications (RSOE), Budapest, Hungary. Because of the complexity of this system and its dependence on other systems, we cannot be responsible for delays or failures in forwarding or transmission. You're receiving this AlertMail because you subscribed for the service. To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. Contact: havaria@rsoe.hu