Eurostar is celebrating its 30th birthday but Kent commuters are still unable to use local stations.

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Celebrating its 30th birthday.

New rules come in this week

Eurostar says all its passengers must wear face masks as a safeguard against Covid-19, effective from Monday.

Eurostar says all its passengers must wear face masks from Monday as a safeguard against the coronavirus.

The new route was scheduled to launch today

Customers say they were denied cancellation repayments and pushed to accept unusable vouchers

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Eurostar is to offer more generous cancellation terms and has promised cash refunds after facing a backlash from customers furious at its previous refunds stance.

With French borders still closed to all tourist traffic, Eurostar has been forced to cancel all but two trains a day out of London, leaving thousands of passengers with unusable tickets.

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Travel chaos on Channel train services continued today while lorry drivers are stuck in huge tailbacks in France. Drivers said there are 'no changes' to checks but passengers reported being questioned.

There were also lengthy queues in Kent as lorries waited to check-in for the Eurotunnel amid industrial action in France, where border guards have been carrying out thorough paperwork checks.

French border officials have taken their industrial action into a third week despite being offered a pay rise worth at least £700 per worker.