Thousands of Eurostar passengers were facing travel chaos today as 17 trains were cancelled following a death on the high speed line . Services were delayed for five hours after a person was hit by a train near Harrietsham in Kent . Dejected-looking travellers were pictured crammed into the terminal at St Pancras station - with some customers on axed services facing delays of up to two days while the backlog clears . Frustrated : Thousands of Eurostar passengers cram into the terminal at St Pancras station in London today . Investigators from British Transport Police said the death , which happened at around 11.40am , was 'non-suspicious ' although it took hours for services teams to clear the tracks . Services resumed at around 4.30pm in both directions , although hundreds of customers were left trying to organise alternative transport or accommodation in London on Monday night . Demo Oduyeni , 38 , spoke of his frustration at clueless staff who told him he would have to wait until Wednesday to travel home to Antwerp . He said : 'The people I spoke to did n't know anything , they just kept saying check the updates on the website , but on the website there was nothing . Death on line : A Eurostar service was stopped near Harrietsham in Kent after a person was hit by a train . Huge delays : Dejected customers waited in St Pancras after the line was shut following the incident in Kent . 'When I got here it just said we had to queue up as someone had jumped in front of a train . ' I 've been waiting here for two hours now just in case I can get on one of the trains . It 's cold and I 've been buying myself cups of tea to keep warm . I 've been told I will probably have to wait until Wednesday to get home . 'By the time I get on a train tonight it will be too late to get a transfer , I could get a bus but it will take over six hours . Tomorrow all the booked Eurostar passengers will take priority . ' The Belgian computer programmer was a regular traveller and had been visiting friends . He added : ' I studied here and they will give me a place to stay , but the tourists will have to find hotels . 'They only give you £150-a-night for a room and you have to send an invoice . ' Chaos : Some travellers on axed servies are facing delays of up to two days while the backlog clears . Services resumed at 4.30pm in both directions , around five hours after the person was hit by the train . 'Eurostar trains are subject to delay and cancellation this afternoon , ' the company said in a statement on its website . Eurostar runs trains through the Channel Tunnel , operated by Eurotunnel , connecting passengers between the British and French capitals , and other cities including Brussels . The company said emergency services were attending the incident in between Ashford International station and Ebbsfleet International station in Kent and travel on the high-speed line would resume when the track was re-opened . Laurens Schellekens , 23 , was one of 35 University of Brussels students left stranded as they made their way home from the London International Model United Nations conference for budding diplomats . The international law postgraduate said : 'We 've been working all weekend and had to cut our day off to explore the city short after we heard the trains were n't running . Hundreds of customers were left trying to organise alternative transport or accommodation in London tonight . Investigators from British Transport Police said the death , which happened at around 11.40am , was 'non-suspicious ' although it took hours for services teams to clear the tracks . 'We 've been left in the cold station waiting to see if we will get on a train tomorrow , but it 's not looking good . 'There was at least 100 students at the conference , they come from all around the world . 'But there were maybe five at least groups from Belgium and France that may be in the same situation as us . 'We 've been given money to find somewhere to stay , but it 's an expensive city to do anything in . 'The group have been modelling crisis management , maybe we could show the train guys something . '
Services delayed for five hours after a person was hit by a train in Kent . Dejected travellers seen crammed into the terminal at St Pancras station . Investigators from British Transport Police said death was not suspicious . Some customers on axed trains could face delays of up to two days as backlog clears .