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 signature (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
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 >
An invitation to French nationals
Thursday, 30th April 2026, at 5:30 pmInternational House, Ashford Kent is home to a sizeable French community, many of whom arrived and settled with the start of international train services to France. French Senator Olivier Cadic was one of those… Read More >
Any further UK investment in depot space should come with conditions
Gwendoline Cazenave, Eurostar’s CEO, went on the BBC Radio 4’s Today programme this morning to bemoan the lack of investment in depot space at Temple Mills. Listen to a clip here (©BBC 2026): The background to this is Eurostar’s stated… Read More >
Kent stations: Ashford or Ebbsfleet?
In this campaign, we have tirelessly advocated for the re-opening of both Ashford and Ebbsfleet as international stations. Both will benefit different parts of the south east region, both are networked as railway hubs in different ways. And while there… Read More >
Looking ahead to 2026
Heading into 2026, Ashford’s MP Sojan Joseph has said that returning international train services to Ashford is his top priority. Naturally, we we welcome the sentiment; we are optimistic that trains will return, only we don’t know when. The MP’s… Read More >