Engineers scramble to fix more than 600 metres of line vandalised south of Lille

A person was hit by train in France leaving journeys between London and Paris postponed or cancelled

Cancellations began last night with no services running between London St Pancras and Gare du Nord in Paris, leaving some passengers stranded for more than seven hours.

Engineers scramble to fix more than 600 metres of line vandalised south of Lille

Passengers are being told to cancel or postpone their trips, following two track deaths and the theft of copper cables.

Wednesday’s incident adds to delays caused after two people were struck by trains the previous day

Passengers urged to reschedule trips, with disruption close to Nato summit in the Netherlands

The company running the passenger service between Britain and continental Europe advised travelers to “cancel or postpone.”