Suspension of Eurostar Rail Link Causes Chaos - WSJ.com

PARIS -- The popular Eurostar rail line between Paris and London will remain shut for a third day on Monday, and ticket sales have been suspended through Friday, Christmas Day, the company said, in the service's worst technical shutdown yet that already has left 60,000 travelers stranded during one of busiest travel periods of the year.
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After conducting tests for much of the day Sunday, Eurostar officials said the cause of the breakdown was that cold, dry air from the freezing weather in northern France mixed with the warm, humid air of the tunnel and caused condensation that prompted the engines to shut down.

My Way News - Eurostar train services canceled indefinitely

The problems - and passengers' complaints about their treatment while trapped on board - could deal Eurostar "huge reputational damage," said Nigel Harris, the managing editor of Rail magazine.

"They have promoted themselves as the 'green,' stress-free alternative to flying and now they face a major technical issue that they need to get on top of," he said.

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Subzero Temperatures Batter Europe - WSJ.com

WARSAW, Poland -- Snowstorms and subfreezing temperatures have battered Europe, killing 15 people in Poland alone overnight and wreaking havoc on air, train and car travelers from the Nordics to Italy on the last weekend before Christmas.

France's civil aviation authority ordered the cancellation of 40% of flights out of Paris' Charles de Gaulle and Orly airports Sunday through the mid-afternoon.
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Belgium's three biggest airports, Brussels, Charleroi and Liege, were completely shut, while travelers at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport faced delays and cancellations.