EUROSTAR faced disruption on Saturday, after the Channel Tuunel was closed for more than 90 minutes. The cause was a carbon dioxide sensor which had been triggered by an unknown fault. No one was hurt in the incident, but cross-Channel trains continued to be affected for the rest of the day.

The alert began at 07.00 British time, and all traffic heading for the Tunnel was halted while the problem was dealt with. A Eurotunnel shuttle was evacuated without any problems, but several thousand passengers were delayed.

The Tunnel was reopened later the same morning, but single track working continued until the afternoon, causing more delays to trains.

Eurostar said its services had returned to normal by the early evening, and that no trains had been cancelled.

Eurotunnel has launched an inquiry.

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