Britons are still facing major disruption to Eurostar services in the Netherlands, almost a week after a major fire at a nearby station.
A fire on June 29 at Rotterdam Central station brought Eurostar services between London and Amsterdam to a halt.
Disruption has continued, and this morning, the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office issued a travel warning with disruption set to continue.
The statement read: “Eurostar services between the UK and the Netherlands are severely disrupted following a fire near Rotterdam Central station.
“Eurostar has advised that they expect trains to be disrupted until at least 6 July 2026.
“Travel times are expected to be significantly longer due to trains having to take alternative routes due to fire damage and trains between London and Amsterdam will not stop in Rotterdam.
“If you are planning to travel between the UK and the Netherlands, check the latest information with your travel operator before you travel, and the latest updates on the Eurostar website.”
Travellers are being advised to confirm details with their booking operator before travelling to the Netherlands.
Britons are continuing to face travel disruption as trains to the Netherlands face cancellation and limited availability
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A statement from Eurostar said: “Due to fire damage to the railway near Rotterdam, we expect our trains to be disrupted until at least July 6, 2026.
“Trains running between London and Amsterdam will not stop at Rotterdam, and trains running between France/Belgium and Amsterdam will not stop at Schiphol or Rotterdam.
“As these trains need to take an alternative route around the damaged area, journey times will be significantly longer, and seat availability is very limited.
“We expect the disruption to last until at least July 6, 2026. We apologise for the inconvenience the situation has caused.”
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The Eurostar to the Netherlands has been disrupted for a week
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Passengers aired their frustrations at the disruption online, with one user saying: “Completely messed up my travel plans, ended up getting the ferry.”
Another added: “We had to take the coach to Brussels. I hope we will get our refund.”
It comes just a week after passengers were left stranded on the Eurostar for over six hours after a service travelling back to London from France was halted due to a technical issue.
Eurostar confirmed the recent heatwave had caused the mechanical failure.
For five hours, travellers remained trapped on board as engineers repeatedly tried to fix the fault at Lille Europe station, switching the train on and off.
The cooling system cut out intermittently, leaving passengers increasingly uncomfortable.
Eurostar staff handed out bottled water under the company’s Solstice heatwave protocol, though passengers said supplies quickly became inadequate.
As the delay dragged on, travellers said they were given only water and Kit Kats, with staff telling them food supplies had run out.