Eurotunnel service resumes after French ferry workers' block
By MICHEL SPINGLER, Associated Press
Jun 30, 2015 11:04 AM CDT
Striking workers invade the Eurotunnel train tracks in Calais, northern France, in a protest against job cuts, Tuesday, June 30, 2015. About 100 striking French ferry workers have blocked train traffic between France and England for a second time in a week. Both freight companies and Eurostar said...   (Associated Press)

CALAIS, France (AP) — Eurotunnel traffic has resumed after striking ferry workers blocked the railroad tracks leading to the Eurotunnel linking France and England, and train service across the Channel was suspended Tuesday.

Service was resumed at 1700 CET (1500 GMT).

Torching tires and blocking traffic, the French workers protested expected job cuts in the French port city of Calais linked to Eurotunnel's sale of its ferry service. Both freight and Eurostar passenger trains suspended their services.

The Eurostar train service carries about 10 million people a year across the English Channel, with summer marking the height of the tourist season.

An Associated Press photographer saw the striking workers swarm the tracks on Tuesday afternoon. It was the second time in a week port workers paralyzed the train lines.

On June 23, they blocked the highway exit leading to the tunnel, prompting migrants who are camped in Calais by the thousands to try and stowaway on the slow-moving freighters in hopes of reaching England. Then, later that day, they blocked the tracks themselves.

Traffic resumed the following day.

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