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BLOGASSAULT on Monday, December 21, 2009 11:13:20 AM
The Eurostar train that links Britain with the rest of Europe shut down stranding 4,000 people over th weekend. The blamed it on
weather in northern France.
The company had said previously it had traced the problem to "acute weather conditions in northern France," which is experiencing its worst winter weather in years.
Eurostar commercial director Nick Mercer said three test trains sent through the Channel Tunnel on Sunday ran successfully, but that it became clear that snow was being sucked into the trains in a way that has never happened before.
"The engineers on board have recommended strongly that, in light of further snowfalls that are happening tonight, we make some modifications to trains (with) snow shields to stop snow being ingested into the power car," he told the BBC.
Who would have thought that all that cold weather and snow could be such a problem?