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Bring Back Euro Trains

Campaign for the return of international trains to Kent stations

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Bring Back Euro Trains publicy event today

Published: 29 August, 2023 | Tags: ,

Today at Ashford Station, meet at 17.30 on Plaform 5. The HS1 Javelins are one of the trains we would like to see enabled to go through the Channel Tunnel, as we explain on our Strategy page. The Javelins are… Read More >

Council Leader Expresses Support for Campaign

Published: 28 August, 2023 | Tags: ,

Bring Back Euro Trains got another mention in Kent Online when the leader of Ashford Borough Council, Neil Ovenden, pledged his support for our aim to have Eurostar stop in Ashford again. He described the absence of Eurostar in Ashford… Read More >

When the UK Sold Eurostar

Published: 22 August, 2023 | Tags: , ,

BBET gets a brief mention in this opinion piece for the Kent Messenger’s Ashford edition. Paul Francis wonders whether the UK really got value for money when it sold it’s stake in Eurostar, and whether our Kent stations were sacrificed… Read More >

Start of Bring Back Eurostar Group

Published: 21 August, 2023 | Tags: ,

Bring Back Eurostar Group, now called Bring Back Euro Trains, was formally launched at a meeting on 8th June 2023. The meeting was convened by Bushra Akbar at The Hampton by Hilton Hotel Ashford, and attended by residents from across… Read More >

Launch of Bring Back Eurostar petition

Published: 21 August, 2023 | Tags: , ,

The petition to bring back Eurostar trains to Ashford International was launched in March 2023 and attracted several thousand signatures within a few weeks. Kent Messenger reporters Liane Castle and Alex Jee describe its progress and ask the views of… Read More >