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Five-hour delays to lorries caused by a technical fault in the Channel Tunnel could see freight piling up along the M20 on a major holiday weekend. Five-hour delays to lorries caused by a technical fault in the Channel Tunnel have led to freight piling up along the M20 on a major holiday weekend.
Police are considering implementing Operation Stack, where lorries unable to cross the Channel park on the motorway in Kent. Police have implemented phase one of Operation Stack, which sees lorries unable to cross the Channel parking on the motorway in Kent.
Passengers in about 100 cars were trapped on a train inside the tunnel for three hours after the power cut.
The outage followed repair work to an overhead gantry, police said.
Drivers have been warned to avoid the area and anyone without a pre-booked ticket should not travel to the tunnel.Drivers have been warned to avoid the area and anyone without a pre-booked ticket should not travel to the tunnel.
The power cut followed repair work to an overhead gantry, police said.
Eurostar services have been delayed by about 30 minutes.Eurostar services have been delayed by about 30 minutes.
Eurotunnel passenger services are delayed by three hours, and freight services by five hours, a police spokesman said.Eurotunnel passenger services are delayed by three hours, and freight services by five hours, a police spokesman said.
Operation Stack may be implemented if queuing freight traffic continues to grow, he added. Passengers stranded
About 100 cars were trapped on a Eurotunnel train for three hours inside the tunnel when the power cut happened at 1030 BST.
The rail operator said a few hundred passengers would have been on the carriages.
A Eurotunnel spokesman said the power cut affected only a small part of the tunnel and services continued throughout the day but at a reduced level.
Under phase one of Operation Stack, the coastbound M20 is closed between junctions 11 and 12, for Hythe and Cheriton.
All coastbound traffic must leave the motorway at junction 11 and use the A20, while lorries park between the two junctions.