Eurostar chaos: How can I get home and what are my rights?
by Simon Calder
Dec 30, 2023
3 minutes
Tens of thousands of Eurostar passengers have had their New Year travel plans torn up due to flooding on the High Speed 1 line between London and Ebbsfleet in Kent.
Problems began on Friday evening, with many trains delayed. It was hoped services would be able to start up on Saturday morning. But as the day wore on more and more trains were cancelled, until Eurostar finally announced during the afternoon that no services would run at all on Saturday.
A total of 41 have been trains cancelled, leaving upwards of 30,000 passengers with no immediate way to reach their
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