An anniversary peek behind the scenes at the Channel Tunnel
Kent Online reporter Rhys Griffiths was granted a special visit inside the Channel Tunnel to celebrate its 30th anniversary. As well as a trip down the service tunnel, Rhys also visited the command centre that coordinates trains and runs the… Read More >
Getlink offers cash to new cross-Channel rail operators
Getlink has always said there is plenty spare capacity for more passenger and freight services through the Channel Tunnel. Only Eurostar has operated any since the tunnel was opened, but other operators have shown an interest over the years especially… Read More >
30th anniversary of the opening of the Channel Tunnel
Following the commemorative trip to Calais, Ashford Borough Councillor and BBET core member Diccon Spain offers some thoughts on how Bring Back Euro Train’s campaign embodies the values Liberté, Égalité, and Fraternité. His speech was given at a commemorative event… Read More >
Labour needs to to broaden its rail strategy, says BBET
Last Thursday the Shadow Cabinet announced that Labour would bring the railways back into public ownership, if elected. Their announcement concerns improvements only in domestic railways, but Bring Back Euro Trains is asking them to think more widely and include… Read More >
East Kent for Europe to mark Channel Tunnel’s 30th anniversary
East Kent for Europe, a branch of the European Movement, plans to celebrate 30 years since the opening of the Channel Tunnel with reciprocal return visits involving colleagues from Calais. Calais will host groups from Kent on May 4, and… Read More >
Eurostar: the view from Hastings
This slightly old (2022) article from the Hastings Independent is valuable for its insightful delve into the history of the international train service from Ashford, as viewed from Hastings. Ashford matters to Hastings because of the Marshlink line that runs… Read More >
Webinar interview with Michael and Edith Robson
Edith ran the successful campaign “Save our Eurostar” between 2007 and 2009 to maintain the direct services from Ashford to Brussels, running a petition that reached 11,000. Michael spent 40 years on the rail industry and in railway consultancy. This… Read More >
Webinar: Michael Solomon Williams of Campaign for Better Transport
Michael Solomon Williams is Campaigns Manager with Better Transport (formerly Transport 2000). Better Transport have a 50-year track record of advocacy for sustainable transport and campaigning for positive change. This was the fifth presentation of the Petition Anniversay Webinar that… Read More >
Webinar presentation by Damian Green MP
The Rt Hon Damian Green, MP for Ashford, has been an advocate for the return of international trains to Kent since the service stopped in March 2020. Last October, Damian brought the issue to Parliament to get in front of… Read More >
A business impacted by the loss of international trains, by JC Cothias
JC is a French entrpreneur who has lived in Ashford for 25 years. He runs a business employing a number of French nationals. His business is profoundly impacted by the loss of cross-Channel trains from Ashford and Ebbsfleet. Here he… Read More >