Adam Goldsmith
Live reporter

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Normal service has largely resumed on the Eurostar after a power supply problem caused significant disruption in the Channel Tunnel on Tuesday.

Eurostar began Tuesday with plans to run all of its services, but warned of "some delays and possible last-minute cancellations".

Soon after, the first train of the day - the 06:01 GMT from London to Paris - was cancelled.

Trains began to depart as planned afterwards, though delays of up to an hour were reported on services on both sides of the channel.

LaShuttle trains have also been impacted, with delays reported at the Calais and Folkestone terminals.

The good news is that passengers are unlikely to see in the New year stuck in a tunnel; unlike some unlucky travellers who told the BBC they spent the night on board trains without power.

For some, the delays have been an opportunity for creative problem solving; we'll close our live coverage today with the story of one man who even resorted to buying a bicycle to make it back to London before 2026 arrives.

Thanks for reading - we'll keep our news story updated with any further developments.

Eurostar services between London St Pancras International Station and Paris Gare du Nord are now largely running as normal, bar some delays to trains departing France.

Here's a look at the latest:

Paris-London

• The 07:42 CETdeparted 40 minutes late. It's due to arrive into St Pancras at 09:40 GMT
• The 08:42 CET was delayed by 30 minutes and should reach London at 10:50 GMT
• The 09:12 CET left at 09:57 and is due in London at 11:15 GMT
• Still to depart is the 10:12 CET train. It's due to leave an hour late, at 11:12, for a 12:30 GMT arrival
• From 11:12 CET, trains are currently scheduled to run as normal

London-Paris

• The first train of the day - the 06:01 GMT - was cancelled
• The 06:31 GMT was delayed by 35 minutes and should draw into Paris soon
• The 07:31 GMT left St Pancras on time, but its arrival has been pushed back 10 minutes to 10:59 CET
• As of 08:01, all services have been running on schedule

LeShuttle services departing from Folkestone are now running normally following earlier delays, according to its website.

There are still delays of an hour at Calais, down from six hours earlier this morning.

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Travel through the Channel Tunnel continues to be disrupted this morning after power supply problems hit the rail network between France and the UK on Tuesday.

Eurostar:

• The train operator says it plans to run all services today, but warns of "some delays and possible last-minute cancellations"
• The first Paris-bound train from London was cancelled, but the next set off with a 25-minute delay
• The French side is also reporting some delays - the impact on trains from Paris Gare du Nord is set out in an earlier post

LeShuttle:

• Passengers in Folkestone are warned to expect delays of around 30 minutes, while those waiting in Calais are told this could extend to three hours
• If you're travelling on either side, you're still encouraged to check in as planned

Passengers have said:

• Some were stuck overnight on trains for hours waiting outside the tunnel
• Others resorted to creative solutions - finding alternative modes of transport to make their New Year's Eve plans

Image source, Eurostar

We're now seeing disruption on the French side of the Eurostar.

The first service of the day departing for London at 07:12 CET left without delay.

But now other services appear to have been set back:

• The 07:42 CET service is now scheduled to leave at 08:22 - a 40-minute delay
• An 08:42 service will now leave at 09:12 - a 30-minute delay
• The 10:12 train from Paris is now expected to leave an hour later, at 11:12

We'll keep you updated with any further developments.

LeShuttle services through the Channel Tunnel appear to be getting back to normal.

The six-hour delays at Calais have now been cut to three hours. At Folkestone, the delay has been reduced from one hour to 30 minutes.

We've also just had this statement through from LeShuttle's operator, Getlink:

"The power supply incident in the Channel Tunnel has now been resolved overnight.

"Rail service has resumed in both directions."

Image source, LeShuttle

We're keeping an eye this morning on both Eurostar and LeShuttle services this morning.

The Eurostar - which carries passengers through the Channel Tunnel via train - has already cancelled one service from London with a 25-minute delay on the second departure.

LeShuttle - which transports passengers and their vehicles through the tunnel - is also reporting that delays are likely.

On its site, it says passengers travelling from Folkestone in the UK to Calais should expect delays "of approximately one hour to booked time".

Meanwhile in Calais, it says delays are expected to be even greater; extending to roughly six hours.

We can see that a service expected to leave France at 04:43 CET is still listed with a "to be confirmed" departure time.

Image source, LeShuttle

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Eurostar "trains are thankfully running again this morning after an absolutely miserable day for at least 25,000 passengers", travel guru Simon Calder tells our colleagues over on BBC Radio 4's Today programme.

Following mass cancellations, some passengers - many desperate to get home or embarking on New Year's trips - stayed in hotels near St Pancras, he says. Others abandoned their travel plans entirely.

"Eurostar in general runs pretty smoothly, as does LeShuttle - but when it goes wrong it goes wrong, it goes very wrong indeed."

The delays on Tuesday were down to problems with the overhead power supply and a broken down LeShuttle train blocking all routes.

"If you get two problems converging like that, then you don't really have much hope," Calder says.

"At this time of year, everyone's very invested in their journeys... there's much more pressure than you might get on a wet Wednesday in February."

Away from the Channel Tunnel, National Rail is reporting disruption on several routes due to theft of signalling cable between Doncaster and Sheffield.

As a result, it is warning of cancellations, delays or revised and diverted trains on the following routes:

• CrossCountry between Edinburgh and Birmingham New Street
• Northern between Scarborough / Hull / Adwick and Sheffield
• TransPennine Express between Cleethorpes / Doncaster and Liverpool Lime Street, and also between Cleethorpes and Sheffield / Manchester Airport

Disruption is likely to continue until around 10:00 GMT. If this affects your travel plans, you can find advice on next steps here, external.

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The first train to Paris Gare Du Nord has left London St Pancras this morning.

As we've been reporting, the day's first service from London to Paris - scheduled to depart at 06:01 GMT - was cancelled.

The next train, due to leave at 06:31, now appears to have left.

The Eurostar website says it was delayed by 25 minutes, and is now expected to arrive in Paris at a slightly later time of 10:14 CET.

As travellers fought their way through yesterday's delays, we've been hearing tales of creativity in the scramble to make New Year's Eve plans in time.

Floriaen Dullaert was supposed to travel from Amsterdam to London on the Eurostar yesterday, before his plans were disrupted.

With the prospect of no cross-Channel trains, he got off in Brussels with his suitcase and guitar and began scouting around for alternative travel arrangements. Like others, he found flights were either fully booked or too expensive, and foot passenger ferries full.

It was then that he had a moment of inspiration, when he realised that bike tickets were available for a ferry from Dunkirk to the UK.

The only problem? Dullaert didn't have a bike. Undeterred, he went to find one.

"There was a bike repair shop in the station [in Brussels]," he explains. "They were kind enough to sell me a bike for 20 Euro."

Having acquired his mode of transport, Dullaert strapped his suitcase to the handlebars and caught a train to Dunkirk, where he wheeled his new purchase on board the late-night ferry.

His girlfriend is due to pick him up in Dover. "It's nice to get back to the UK in time for new year," he says.

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While we keep you updated with the state of play this morning, we've also been hearing from some passengers who were stuck on board trains overnight.

Dennis Van Der Steen boarded a train for Amsterdam, which departed London St Pancras at 20:49 last night. But before the train reached the Eurostar tunnel, it came to a stop.

After a six-hour wait at the entrance to the tunnel with no power, the train turned back to London.

"We hope to be home for New Year's Eve and celebrate with family and friends. The train is dark, and the passengers are sleeping and waiting, and they're also very worried," he told the BBC.

A French passenger on the 19:01 to Paris last night also told the BBC of being stuck on board the train in London. As of 03:00, he was still there.

He said the mood on board was "pretty chill" with "people sleeping and kids playing", although the crew who "are on no sleep" had had to deal with some "angry passengers".

He said staff had told passengers there was a "50% chance we go to Paris, 50% chance we go back to London".

The disruption yesterday was due in part to a "failed" LeShuttle train blocking all routes, after the power supply problem in the Channel Tunnel.

The train was eventually removed, but it appears the effects are still being felt this morning.

According to LeShuttle's website, there are delays of around six hours for drivers in Calais.

At the UK terminal - located in Folkestone - there are delays of one hour.

On both sides, passengers are being encouraged to check in as planned.

Welcome back to our live coverage of the major disruption in the Channel Tunnel, which began with a power supply problem on Tuesday.

In a new statement, Eurostar says it plans to run all of its services today, but "due to knock-on impacts there may still be some delays and possible last-minute cancellations".

We're already seeing some evidence of that. According to the live departures board, the service from London to Paris scheduled for 06:01 GMT was cancelled, although other services seem to be running as normal.

There are also delays of six hours at Calais for LeShuttle, which provides train services for people and their vehicles through the Channel Tunnel. More on this shortly.

Stay with us for further updates.

Ian Aikman
Live reporter

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Long-delayed passengers are finally restarting their journeys between the UK and mainland Europe, after a power supply problem left the Channel Tunnel closed for several hours earlier today.

But it’s not good news for everyone. Eurostar has warned of more significant delays, and some travellers have already had their plans ruined by the disruption.

As familiar queues form at St Pancras, and cars drive on to shuttles in Calais, here’s a look back on some of the stories from people we’ve spoken to today:

• A student from Croydon finally boarded a train to visit her boyfriend in France, after 10 hours of "chaos”

• One couple described their "scramble" to find alternatives so they can celebrate their 25th anniversary with their family in Paris

• Meanwhile, Nayim and wife Kimberley missed a wedding, which started in Maidstone while they were stuck on a train in Calais

• Back in London, a group of 70 Americans were also left downcast over their plans to travel to Paris today ahead of New Year's Eve
• And a piano-playing deliveryman has been entertaining those who are queuing at St Pancras

We’re ending our live coverage here for the day. You can read more updates in our news story.

Alex Emery
BBC Verify senior journalist

Lauren, from London, acted fast when she realised she wouldn’t get to the continent via the Channel Tunnel and bought a £350 plane ticket to ensure she makes it to her New Year’s Eve party in Amsterdam.

“I am tired but I am very happy to be here,” she says.

Lauren continues by saying she didn't think she was going to make the flight because "the platform was gridlocked getting out from the Eurostar. Everybody was trying to get out at the same time".

“I then raced across London to get to Heathrow... it was absolute madness,” she adds.

Ian Aikman
Live reporter

Stella says she and her husband, Dave, are relieved to be back in the country. They were stuck on a LeShuttle train from Calais for more than four hours today, after a Christmas holiday in France.

"Just thankful to be back in the UK, and able to stop for a loo break and coffee and sandwiches," Stella tells us from the car in Kent, on the drive home to Leicester.

Dave says the train staff were "lovely, but the service has been dreadful" with no food or drink offered to them during the delay.

Another traveller, Adam Barras, told BBC News channel earlier he spent his day "sitting here trying to pass the time" after his family's car was stuck in the Channel Tunnel for almost four hours.

His family left for Folkestone - where cars can board trains across the Channel - at 06:00 GMT to make a day trip to visit family in Brussels.

Adam said that after a delay of several hours his family's vehicle was allowed to board the train at 10:00 and the doors were closed. Shortly after, there was an announcement and they stayed there waiting until 13:30.

Though they're en route to Brussels, Adam said his ordeal wasn't yet over as his family will have to wait to board a train back to London later today.

Alex Emery
BBC Verify senior journalist

Mr Darcy, and his owner Abigail, have been attempting to get to Switzerland after their Eurotunnel train was cancelled.

The pair, along with Abigail's parents, had arrived at the Channel Tunnel at 09:30 GMT, but now find themselves waiting at the Port of Dover for their 18:10 ferry.

“We will have to leave our dog in the car for the duration of the ferry and are very worried for him," says Abigail.

"This is why we chose the tunnel in the first place. To avoid putting him in this situation," she adds.

Owen Amos
Reporting from St Pancras

A succession of performers on the piano at St Pancras International have been entertaining people stuck in the station's long queues.

The latest is Anastasios Pagonidis - a partially sighted 21-year-old who is also working as an Uber deliveryman today.

Anastasios, who is from Greece, began playing piano aged 11, before moving to England aged 16.

He doesn’t have his own piano and so uses the St Pancras instrument to demonstrate his considerable skills.

It has been a long, frustrating day for passengers at the station - but Anastasios’s skills have made the day, and the wait, more bearable.

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While some passenger's journeys have resumed, Talea Uluakiola says his day has been an "absolute nightmare".

The New Zealander, who is travelling across Europe with his family, says their 09:30 GMT train to Paris was cancelled and they've so far been unable to secure alternative flights or trains.

He's really worried about the possible knock-on effects of this disruption, as he's due to join a European tour on 2 January.

"We have ongoing transportation from Paris... which carries right through on a European tour, which is completely up in the air," Talea says.

"We're tired, pretty despondent, we don't know what to do or where to go, and there's no help from the staff really."