Guest post by my sister who was trapped on the Eurostar train last night. These are her observations and experiences:My journey from Paris to London this weekend:I was supposed to get the ill fated 9.13pm train from Paris on Friday night but I missed it due to train delays from Lyon.I stayed the night in Paris at a hotel which was provided for by a Eurostar voucher. We were told to return early Saturday morning.At 5.30 am, I waited by the Eurostar desk at Gare du Nord for the 7.13 am train. The staff at that point knew that a train had been stuck all night and didn't know when a train would be running again. We were repeatedly told to 'go away' and come back the next day 'maybe there would be a train'. Passengers responded with 'Go where?'. Staff had no information.
Does anyone know if they have event recorders on the trains? As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
Exactly, it has never failed like this in its many years of operation, note that nobody is saying anything about the huge delays at heathrow or on the highways, those are as expected.
