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 >
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 >
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 >