The Latest Breaking News from the Channel Tunnel

International train fares from London could be cut by 30% – report

The analysis was commissioned by London St Pancras High Speed, which owns St Pancras station and the tracks to the Channel Tunnel.

Evening Standard · Apr 9, 2025

Train fares from London to Europe set for big change

Passenger numbers are expected to triple on the high speed line between London and the Channel Tunnel

The Independent UK · Apr 9, 2025

New potential Eurostar rival emerges

FS Italiane Group said it plans to launch services through the Channel Tunnel by 2029.

Evening Standard · Apr 8, 2025

British athletes light Paralympic Flame in birthplace of Games near London

Four days before the Paris Paralympics begin, the torch was lit on Saturday next to the English hospital where the idea for the competition was born. The flame arrives in France on Sunday via the Channel tunnel.

Radio France Internationale · Aug 24, 2024

Paris Paralympics flame is lit before journey from English village, under sea and over land

Four days before the start of the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games, the Paralympic flame was lit on Saturday near a hospital in the English village of Stoke Mandeville, where the idea for the competion was conceived. A group of British athletes will embark on the underwater journey through the Channel…

France 24 · Aug 24, 2024

Podcast: Pro-Palestinian student protests, French euroscepticism, Channel Tunnel

How student protests in support of Palestinians at Paris's political science institute are different from those in the US, a look at France's growing disaffection with Europe, and the long birth of the Channel Tunnel linking France to Britain – 30 years old this week.

Radio France Internationale · May 9, 2024

The Channel Tunnel, from pipe dream to European reality

This Monday marks 30 years since France and the United Kingdom officially opened the Channel Tunnel. It was the culmination of two centuries of dreaming about linking the two neighbours by land.

Radio France Internationale · May 6, 2024

Wildcat Channel Tunnel Strike Blocks France-UK Train Travel

A strike by workers operating the Channel tunnel blocked train travel Thursday between Britain and France, leaving thousands of pre-Christmas travellers as well as freight traffic stranded.

International Business Times · Dec 21, 2023

Adieu Mickey Mouse: Eurostar’s shrinking ambitions seven years on from the Brexit vote

When the Channel Tunnel first opened there were visions of seamless pan-European travel from the UK. Now the Disneyland Paris route has been axed and the Amsterdam route delayed, what went wrong?

The Guardian - UK · Jun 23, 2023

Manhunt launched for people smuggler with Northern Ireland links

Gavin Charters was jailed for trying to get two migrants through the Channel Tunnel in the boot of his car

Belfast Live · Apr 21, 2023