Increased demand from leisure travellers resulted in Channel Tunnel high-speed train company Eurostar enjoying a good start to 2012.

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A dispute involving workers who clean Eurostar trains ended today when their union announced a pay deal which will see staff earning a minimum rate of £8 an hour by the autumn.

Workers who clean Eurostar trains and stations on the UK side of the route have voted to go on strike in a row over pay.

Christmas travellers will have their getaway plans disrupted by a strike in Belgium on Thursday.

High-speed Eurostar train services through the Channel Tunnel were severely disrupted today due to an electrical power supply problem near London.

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A surge of American travellers using the Eurostar has helped push the train operator’s revenues up by 12 per cent in the first half of this year.

A big rise in American travellers helped Channel Tunnel high-speed train company Eurostar to increase passenger numbers in the first half of this year, it was announced today.