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All Eurostar services to and from the Continent have been suspended until tomorrow after overhead power lines fell on to the track.
The suspension of 30 services affects some 10,000 passengers who had been due to travel between London and Paris or Brussels today.
The power lines have come down near the entrance to the Channel Tunnel at Dollands Moor in Folkestone, Kent.
Two trains already in the tunnel - one heading for Britain and the other for Paris - were turned back and all other services cancelled for the rest of the day.
A Eurostar spokesman said: "It is very regrettable that this has happened. Friday is one of our busiest days and the cancelled services would have carried around 10,000 passengers.
"All passengers have been advised that they can exchange their tickets or get refunds."
The first Eurostar train from Waterloo tomorrow morning is at 6am and the spokesman said he was "hopeful" normal service would resume by then.
Eurotunnel shuttle services have not been affected and are running normally.
A Railtrack spokeswoman said engineers were working to restore the downed power lines.
Story filed: 17:51 Friday 14th September 2001
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