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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Athena Stavrou

Eurostar chaos as passengers complain of ‘slowly boiling alive’ on halted train

Eurostar passengers faced an 11-hour journey to get back to London, after they were left stranded on a train when it broke down in France.

Customers travelling from Brussels to London on the Eurostar on Sunday took to social media to describe the chaos onboard - with some saying they had no working toilets or proper ventilation.

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