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| Eurostar returns to full service | Eurostar returns to full service |
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| Eurostar has restarted a full service through the Channel Tunnel for the first time since a fire last year. | |
| Work to repair fire damage cost over £60m and was completed on 10 February. Eurotunnel shuttle and freight trains have already returned to full capacity. | Work to repair fire damage cost over £60m and was completed on 10 February. Eurotunnel shuttle and freight trains have already returned to full capacity. |
| Eurostar said it had taken longer to return to full service because of the need to implement a new timetable. | Eurostar said it had taken longer to return to full service because of the need to implement a new timetable. |
| A new direct service from Ashford to Brussels, delayed from December because of September's fire, has been launched. | |
| Full Eurostar services resumed under the new timetable on Monday at 0525 GMT, when the first Paris-bound train left London. | |
| The first direct service to Brussels departed from Ashford at 0627 GMT. | |
| High-speed trains between London and Paris and Brussels are running through the tunnel at 100% capacity again, with a maximum of four per hour. See layout of Channel Tunnel | |
| A maximum of six freight trains, which run between Folkestone and Calais, can also run each hour. | A maximum of six freight trains, which run between Folkestone and Calais, can also run each hour. |
| The fire on 11 September broke out in a lorry on a freight train seven miles from France and took 16 hours to extinguish. | The fire on 11 September broke out in a lorry on a freight train seven miles from France and took 16 hours to extinguish. |
| A total of 32 people on board had to be led to safety, with 14 suffering minor injuries. | A total of 32 people on board had to be led to safety, with 14 suffering minor injuries. |
| A section of the tunnel known as Interval 6 was damaged, causing all services to stop for two days before one of the two tunnels was reopened. | A section of the tunnel known as Interval 6 was damaged, causing all services to stop for two days before one of the two tunnels was reopened. |
| The Channel Tunnel has suffered several incidents since it opened to traffic in 1994, although only one - a fire in 1996 - caused major injuries. | The Channel Tunnel has suffered several incidents since it opened to traffic in 1994, although only one - a fire in 1996 - caused major injuries. |
| That fire caused £200m worth of damage and burned for more than five hours, wrecking the concrete lining and facilities over about half a mile of tunnel. | That fire caused £200m worth of damage and burned for more than five hours, wrecking the concrete lining and facilities over about half a mile of tunnel. |
| In August 2006, 34 people had to be led to safety after a fire broke out on a lorry being carried on a freight train. | In August 2006, 34 people had to be led to safety after a fire broke out on a lorry being carried on a freight train. |
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