The heat wave causes huge delays for passengers

Travelers through the Channel Tunnel had to be patient with delays of about an hour and a half on Friday morning due to air conditioning problems caused by the heat wave.

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"It's a day very busy, it's the day of the big departures on vacation. We are in a heat wave, and to this is added the problem of air conditioning in our shuttles, some cars can not absorb the heat produced by vehicles, that of the body and engine blocks made very hot by the use of air conditioning Eurotunnel spokesman said:

The highest temperatures of the year

On Thursday, the UK recorded the highest temperatures of the year. At the Channel Tunnel, "the delays have reached four to five hours, today it is about one and a half hours, only on the British side. This is due to the fact that we have all the shuttles in service today, "added the spokesman.

Eurotunnel also took the" unprecedented "decision to cancel round-trip tickets on a day to reduce the flow of pbadengers. "It was a difficult decision to make but it is for the benefit of families who leave for two weeks," commented the spokesman.

Eurotunnel advised travelers Friday to bring bottles of water. Water and ice cream for the children were distributed. Four types of trains use the Channel Tunnel, 50 km long (38 km underwater): the Eurostar (Brussels-London and Paris-London), freight trains, shuttles carrying pbadenger cars (cars, motorcycles, motorhomes) and shuttles carrying heavy goods vehicles.