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Train travel resumes between France and UK after surprise strike ends

Passengers wait at the bottom of the stairway leading to the Eurostar platform at the Gare du Nord railway station in Paris, on December 21, 2023, as a wildcat strike by workers operating the Channel tunnel has blocked train travel between France and Britain. © Dimitar Dilkoff, AFP

A wildcat strike Thursday by staff at Eurotunnel, which links Britain and the European continent and paralyzed dozens of Eurostar trains, ended some six hours after it began, Eurotunnel announced. It promised a gradual return to service.

Eurostar passenger trains will start transporting passengers on Friday, and the rail shuttle known as LeShuttle, which carries vehicles and passengers, was to return to duty starting Thursday night, along with freight trains.

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