A week on from the ORR’s decision on Temple Mills, what have we learnt?
A week has elapsed since the ORR’s decision to allocate the space capacity in the Temple Mills to Virgin Trains Europe. Virgin won out over Eurostar and three other operators vying to launch a rival cross-Channel train service. What have… Read More >
Eurostar told to move over and allow competition
In a historic and much-anticipated move, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has allocated the spare capacity at the Temple Mill depot to Virgin Trains Europe. This opens the way for Virgin to start running a rival international train… Read More >
Historic decision: Virgin to provide competition to Eurostar
Bring Back Euro Trains welcomes this historic day, as the ORR (Office of Rail and Road) gives the green light to open up the UK international rail market to genuine competition. We congratulate Virgin Trains, well known for their innovation… Read More >
Thematic analysis of petition comments
Bring Back Euro Trains is pleased to present our new publication, the “Comments Insights Report, A Thematic Analysis of the Public Arguments for Kent International Rail Services.” This crucial document is a comprehensive analysis of nearly 3,000 public comments submitted… Read More >
Parliamentary debate on Ashford international services
A parliamentary debate took place at Westminster on “the merits of returning international rail services to Ashford”. The debate, which happened on 14th October at 9.30, was fronted by Helena Dollimore MP (Hastings and Rye) who had requested it. Cheap… Read More >
Some musings as we await the ORR’s decision on Temple Mills
The rail commentator Jon Worth has offered some more thoughts on Eurostar and its potential rivals. Is your bid entirely dead if you don’t get space in Temple Mills? Temple Mills, the only maintenance depot capable of handling international trains,… Read More >
FS / Trenitalia woo Ashford
BBET welcomes a new pledge by Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (FS) / Trenitalia to reopen Ashford International station to international high-speed rail services. They made the announcement in the Sunday Times two days ago (Sunday 12th October). It has been… Read More >
Gemini ready to order from Siemens
Gemini, one of the companies hoping to provide a rival service to Eurostar through the Channel Tunnel, has said that it is ready to order a new fleet of trains. This announcement comes as the ORR prepares to announce which… Read More >
Grow in Kent event
Thanks to our growing petition, BBET was invited to join a major in-person event, organised by Kent County Council (KCC) on 26th September, to demand the return of international trains to Ashford and Ebbsfleet stations. KCC trailed the event heavily… Read More >
Grow In Kent dance video
This was a stand-out moment at the start of the Grow In Kent event organised by Kent County Council (KCC) on 26th September. We were treated to a dance performed by students of Miskin Theatre (part of North Kent College… Read More >