Monday, February 23, 2009

Eurotunnel resumed work in its entirety.

SyuzhetyPozhar in Evrotunnele20.01.2009Evrotunnel starting 10 fevralyaEvrotunnel February 23, fully resumed their work after the fire, which occurred in autumn 2008, transfer agency AFP. High-speed Eurostar trains are moving in the normal mode, as before the fire.

Repair work had been completed back to February 10. According to BBC News, they cost almost 90 million dollars.

The fact that the movement of trains in full, it was restored later in the leadership of Eurotunnel explained by changes in the schedule: put another route direct Ashford - Brussels.

Reported that the new route was opened back in 2008, but the opening was postponed because of the fire. Fire in the Eurotunnel occurred on 11 September.

Extinguishing the fire took 20 hours. Poisoning from smoke inhalation 14 people were wounded. September 13, 2008 Eurotunnel traffic was resumed, but in limited amounts.

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