Latest Eurotunnel Travel Information

UPDATE 17/11/17 16.36

"Following a routine control of wheels during a preventive maintenance, an unusual level of wheel wear has been detected on Eurotunnel shuttles.

In accordance with safety rules, we have taken the decision to accelerate exceptionally our routine programme of inspection. These controls which are normally carried out every 30,000 km lead us to re-profile or replace bogies. Since Fri 10th Nov Eurotunnel are now doing these controls every 15,000 km. As a consequence of this accelerated program, the number of train departures will be reduced over the next few days for VP services."

UPDATE 16/11/17 09.52

The Eurotunnel VP service will be available again from Monday 20th November.

UPDATE 13/11/17 08.44 BST

UPDATE 12/11/17 16.18 BST

No change. Service running as per previous update.

UPDATE 12/11/17 10.15 BST

UPDATE 11/11/17 15.40 BST

UPDATE 11/11/17 08.48 BST

UPDATE 10/11/17 14.54 BST

"Following a routine control of wheels during routine maintenance, an unusual level of wheel wear has been identified on Eurotunnel shuttles. In accordance with safety rules, we have taken the decision to exceptionally accelerate our routine inspection programme. These controls which are normally carried out every 30,000 km identify when to re-profile or replace bogies; these are now taking place every 15,000 km and as a consequence the number of scheduled departures will be reduced from 10 - 19 November inclusive. New ticket sales during this period are temporarily suspended."