Unscheduled industrial action by French workers has meant the Channel Tunnel rail link was closed yesterday, has been blamed on a massive surge in demand for ferries, with the port of Dover in Kent struggling to keep up, and taking 90 minutes to process cars with pre-booked tickets.Įurostar, which operates passenger services to and from London St Pancras, said it will operate two extra services per day between London and Paris up to and including Christmas Eve to help people whose trains were cancelled on Thursday, but thousands are facing disruption.
There are large traffic jams or even road closures on stretches of the M20, M25 and M1, with reports of a landslip in Surrey between Woking and Basingstoke also causing problems for rail passengers. Motorway closures, train cancellations and long queues at the ferry channel crossing are causing huge disruptions as the start of the Christmas getaway begins.
