Passengers were stuck on a Eurostar train in the Channel Tunnel for two-and-a-half hours after an apparent breakdown of the London to Paris service. On one of the busiest travel days of the ...

On May 6, 1937, the German airship Hindenburg caught fire and crashed while attempting to dock in New Jersey, killing 36 of ...

Double-decker trains could be running through the Channel Tunnel in the coming years as part of proposals from the French rolling stock giant Alstom alongside Eurostar. Chief executive Henri ...

Any new Channel Tunnel operator will need to obtain regulator approval. Eurostar operates cross-Channel passenger services to and from London St Pancras. Picture: James Manning/PA Eurostar stopped ...

Rail companies have hailed a “green signal for competition” on running trains through the Channel Tunnel that would end Eurostar’s monopoly. Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group said there ...

From London, Eurostar serves Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam, as well as running seasonal ski trains to the French Alps. Getlink – the French owner of the Channel Tunnel – believes there is the ...

Eurostar is to soon have a rival as new direct, high-speed train services from London through Europe have been given the green light to run through the Channel Tunnel. Eurostar is currently the ...

Eurostar, which has enjoyed a monopoly on Channel Tunnel passenger services since its opening in 1994, will face new challenges as these new entrants begin to gather momentum. In a further ...