Eurostar partially resumes train services on only railway link between UK, continental Europe

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Eurostar partially resumes train services on only railway link between UK, continental Europe

2025-12-31 11:39 Last Updated At：01-01 12:56

European high-speed train service provider Eurostar said on Tuesday that it had partially resumed services in the Channel Tunnel, the only railway link between the UK and continental Europe, after a power supply issue caused the temporary closure of the route earlier in the day.

Despite service resumption, the company warned that "there may still be some delays and possible last-minute cancellations."

The video footage shot on Tuesday in London's St. Pancras International Train Station, a major transportation hub connecting the UK and continental Europe, showed halted Eurostar trains in an almost empty station hall.

Previously, passengers could reach a wide range of European countries like France, Belgium, and the Netherlands from the station through the Channel Tunnel.

Last year, approximately 19.5 million passengers departed from St. Pancras International Train Station for continental Europe.

If the station suspends operations for a day, it would affect the travel plans of over 50,000 passengers heading to continental Europe.

On Dec 16, a similar incident took place, with a great number of Eurostar trains being delayed or canceled after a power supply problem in the Channel Tunnel, causing significant disruption in a busy travel period between Christmas and New Year.

China launches Shenzhou-23 manned spaceship

China's Shenzhou-23 crewed spaceship blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the country's northwest on Sunday, sending three astronauts to its orbiting space station.

The spaceship, atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket, lifted off from the launch site at 23:08 Beijing Time (15:08 GMT).

The crew members consist of mission commander Zhu Yangzhu, and fellow astronauts Zhang Zhiyuan and Lai Ka-ying, who is also the first astronaut from China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

In another notable first, one of the crew members is set to undertake a year-long stay aboard the space station, double the usual duration of previous Shenzhou missions.

After entering orbit, the Shenzhou-23 spaceship will perform a fast automated rendezvous and docking with the radial port of the space station core module Tianhe, forming a combination of three modules and three spacecraft.

Shenzhou-23 marks the 40th flight of China's manned spaceflight program and the seventh manned flight mission since the Tiangong space station entered its application and development phase in late 2022.