The Eurostar Train
More than a decade ago, Eurostar changed the way people traveled between London, Paris and Brussels forever. Eurostar has doubled the amount of visitors traveling from London to both Paris and Brussels-carrying over 75 million travelers. In fact, Eurostar carries more passengers than all of the airlines combined on both routes out of London. Europeans wouldn't dream of traveling any other way across the Channel! |
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World Travel Awards: Eurostar has been voted World's Leading Rail Service Winner every year since 1998 | |
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Eurostar has set the standard for international rail travel. It runs on various track clearances and is powered by three different electrical systems. This includes overhead wires in Belgium and France and a third rail in Britain | |
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The fastest London-Paris Eurostar journey time is 2 hours 35 minutes and London-Brussels in just 2 hours 15 minutes | |
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From November 14th 2007 Eurotar will move to a new station, reducing journey times by 20 minutes. London to Paris will be 2hrs 15 mins and London to Brussels will be only 1hour 51minutes. Great Britain's 1st highspeed line(HS1) will open on November 14th 2007, becoming Eurostar's 1st decicated tracks in the UK | |
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The journey times make Eurostar ideal for a unique daytrip | |
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Eurostar runs up to 16 services to Paris and nine to Brussels daily | |
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Each train has 18 cars --The configuration between Business Premier and Leisure Select changes depending on whether the train is designated business or leisure service. | |
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Why not explore Belgium? All Eurostar tickets to / from Brussels are valid for travel to / from any Belgian station at no extra cost. | |
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There are direct daily services from Waterloo and Ashford to the gates of Disneyland® Resort Paris. | |
| The total seating capacity on each train is: | |
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766 seats |
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Business Premier & Leisure Select are situated between Cars 7-12 |
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Standard Class cars are 1-5 & 14-18 |
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Bar Cars are 6 & 13 |
On 30 July 2003, Eurostar broke the UK rail speed record reaching 208.0 miles per hour on the new UK high-speed line.
With this kind of service, there's no longer a need to hustle through airports, find cabs and get to your destination. Count on Eurostar to get you there -- quickly and comfortably.
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Eurostar Train Tickets |
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The Service aboard Eurostar |
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About the Channel Tunnel |
