Eurostar’s live disruption portal shows an unusual cluster of alerts for Thursday, 20 November 2025, including outright train suppressions and cascading delays at Paris Gare du Nord, Brussels-Midi and Amsterdam Centraal. One notice warns of “trains supprimés sur le réseau Eurostar le 20/11/2025” due to operational constraints, while multiple others cite technical issues and late inbound sets. Services linking Paris and London are among those affected, with knock-on delays projected to last through the evening peak.
Although Eurostar has avoided strike action this autumn, the operator has faced rolling stock availability problems as it transitions older e300 units out of service. Thursday’s disruption coincides with heavy leisure demand from Christmas market traffic and business travellers returning from mid-week meetings, amplifying the impact on Franco-British mobility.
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Companies with same-day itineraries should expect missed connections to domestic TGV or UK rail services and advise staff to keep boarding passes for potential compensation claims. Eurostar’s policy offers rerouting or refunds for cancelled trains, but seat availability is tight; many travellers are opting for last-minute flights from Paris CDG to London Heathrow, pushing up airfares.
French border police (PAF) stationed at St Pancras report longer-than-usual queues as biometric kiosks are taken offline to prioritise manual control of peak passenger flows. With the EU Entry/Exit System due to add further checks from 2026, today’s events provide a foretaste of capacity constraints if infrastructure upgrades lag demand.
Mobility managers should monitor Eurostar’s feed, alert employees to request proof-of-delay certificates, and review corporate travel insurance clauses covering alternative transport and accommodation.
Although Eurostar has avoided strike action this autumn, the operator has faced rolling stock availability problems as it transitions older e300 units out of service. Thursday’s disruption coincides with heavy leisure demand from Christmas market traffic and business travellers returning from mid-week meetings, amplifying the impact on Franco-British mobility.
Companies with same-day itineraries should expect missed connections to domestic TGV or UK rail services and advise staff to keep boarding passes for potential compensation claims. Eurostar’s policy offers rerouting or refunds for cancelled trains, but seat availability is tight; many travellers are opting for last-minute flights from Paris CDG to London Heathrow, pushing up airfares.
French border police (PAF) stationed at St Pancras report longer-than-usual queues as biometric kiosks are taken offline to prioritise manual control of peak passenger flows. With the EU Entry/Exit System due to add further checks from 2026, today’s events provide a foretaste of capacity constraints if infrastructure upgrades lag demand.
Mobility managers should monitor Eurostar’s feed, alert employees to request proof-of-delay certificates, and review corporate travel insurance clauses covering alternative transport and accommodation.
