A German high-speed train which is expected to offer a direct service from London to Frankfurt from 2013 was unveiled Tuesday at London's St. Pancras station following safety tests in the Channel Tunnel.
A high-speed train carrying more than 700 passengers broke down in England late Sunday, delaying their journey by more than four hours, Eurostar said Monday.
CNN's Paula Newton speaks with a Eurostar official and their frustrated customers.
An independent report out Friday slammed Eurostar for the fiasco that saw thousands of passengers stranded before Christmas when winter weather hit the English Channel Tunnel.
Bad weather conditions make it tough to get food to villages in parts of Scotland. ITN's David Cowan reports.
Severe winter weather continued to cause transport chaos across much of the UK Thursday, while days of heavy snow and plummeting temperatures plunged Europe into a deep freeze.
Severe winter weather continued its stranglehold on Europe as travelers battled heavy snow, airlines canceled flights and motorists were left stranded.
Eurostar is running tests to try to figure out what caused an "unprecedented" six trains to break down, forcing the company to cancel all services this weekend, a spokeswoman said Sunday.
Several Eurostar trains break down in the tunnel between Britain and France, causing massive travel disruptions.
Eurostar canceled all service this weekend after severe wintry weather in northern France caused the breakdown of an "unprecedented" six trains, stranding thousands of passengers on both sides of the English Channel on the weekend before Christmas.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown unveiled plans Monday to sell off state assets worth an estimated £16 billion ($25 billion) as part of moves to reduce the UK's national debt.
Europe is investing in its infrastructure, and travelers know the results are breathtaking. With the English Channel tunnel, trains speed from Big Ben to the Eiffel Tower in about 2.5 hours. You zip under the English Channel in 20 minutes ... looking out the window for fish.
Firefighers at Folkestone, England respond to the channel tunnel fire.
Eurostar passenger trains were running again Saturday through the Channel Tunnel between England and France after authorities extinguished a fire that burned for nearly 22 hours.
Train service through the Channel Tunnel between England and France is set to resume Saturday morning after authorities extinguished a fire that burned for nearly 22 hours, officials said.
Authorities on Thursday halted all traffic running through the 50-kilometer (30-mile) Chunnel after a fire broke out inside the tunnel, which runs between Britain and France underneath the English Channel, Eurotunnel and fire officials said.
With Britain at last joining the high-speed rail club with its 186-mile-an-hour link from the Channel Tunnel to St. Pancras, CNN's Richard Quest takes a look at whether rail travel is a real alternative to the plane when traveling around Europe.
Train Vs Plane
updated: Mon Oct 15 2007 12:13:00
CNN's Richard Quest takes a look at whether rail travel is a real alternative to flying around Europe.
Not since the last Ice Age, over 8,000 years ago, had the United Kingdom been joined with mainland Europe.
It may not be the longest train journey in the world, a record currently held by the 9,288.2 km (5,787 miles) Trans-Siberian Railway.
British police hunting thieves who stole £53 million ($92 million) from a security warehouse have found what they believe is the truck used in the record cash heist.
Channel tunnel services between the UK and France were shut down on Friday evening after World War II munitions were discovered in a car during a security check.
European shipping giant P&O is to close four of its 13 ferry routes with the loss of about 1,200 jobs, the company announced.
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