Supporting Ashford and Ebbsfleet’s International Status
International trains speed through Kent every day, but the doors stay closed. With operators finalising their future routes right now, they are missing thousands of passengers ready to buy tickets.
BBET’s campaign is evolving. Our petition has have amassed thousands of signatures (you can still sign). Now we are building the commercial case and asking Eurostar and its future competitors to take notice.
YOU CAN HELP by filling our passenger demand form to tell operators about your ideal journey.
Bring Back Euro Trains campaigns for the return of cross-Channel train services to Kent stations Ashford and Ebbsfleet, which were suspended during the pandemic and never reinstated.
By signing the petition, you are demonstrating that the demand and sentiment for a Cross-Channel train service remains strong in Kent.
Read more about the BBET campaign, who runs BBET and our aims and strategy.
BBET Campaign News
BBET responds to Eurostar’s complaint about St Pancras
Bring Back Euro Trains has pushed back at comments by Gwendoline Cazenave about the lack of space at St Pancras Station. In an interview with the French newspaper Le Monde, Eurostar’s CEO complained that too little was being done at… Read More >
Passenger demand route map
Explore the cross-Channel network that could be directly accessible via Ashford and Ebbsfleet on this map. Zoom in and click any station to reveal details. Once you’ve found your ideal route and destination, take a minute to register your trip… Read More >
Passenger demand form response nearly crashes BBET website!
Bring Back Euro Trains formally launched the Passenger Demand Form mid-morning last Friday (19th June). Later that afternoon, more than 1000 people had filled the form and by Friday evening, the responses were coming in such numbers that the website… Read More >
Our passenger demand mandate
Cross-Channel rail is expanding. With new operators like Trenitalia, Virgin and Eurostar preparing to add capacity for 11 million extra passengers by 2035, the future of the network is being drawn up right now. We need to prove that Ashford… Read More >
Senator questions French Minister for Transport about suspension of intermediate train stops
The issue of the suspended intermediate Eurostar stops has now reached the French Senate. On 30 April 2026, French Senator Sophie Briante Guillemont formally questioned the French Minister of Transport on the five-year suspension of services at Ashford International, Ebbsfleet… Read More >