MP revives plan to use Stratford as terminus
The MP for the east London constituency of East Ham, Stephen Timms, is reviving an old proposal to use Stratford International station as an alternative Eurostar terminus. He believes the plan would relieve pressure on St Pancras International and bring… Read More >
Q&A with Normandy Ports Director on EES
The new Entry-Exit System (EES) of Shengen Zone border checks will come into force on November 10. Jérôme Chauvet, development and promotion director at the Ports de Normandie, tells The Connexion magazine how it will be implemented in practice at… Read More >
Greenpeace analyses European train routes
CONNECTION FAILED is the title of a recently published analysis by Greenpeace of 990 city-to-city train routes in 28 European countries or regions, including the UK. They have found that many of these journeys are complicated and expensive by train… Read More >
Ashford hotels fail to capitalise on Paris Olympics
According to The Daily Telegraph, hotels built in Ashford to take advantage of Eurostar connectivity to Paris are missing out on crucial business now the international trains no longer stop there. They also draw attention to a drop of the… Read More >
EES checks are delayed again
The biometric border checks planned by countries in the Shengen zone have had their implementation date pushed back. The checks, which were feared to cause long queues for UK passengers at EU borders, were due to be implemented on October… Read More >
St Pancras International Station set to expand
HS1 has commissioned an agency to examine options for capacity expansion at St Pancras International, writes the New Civil Engineer. This is to cope with the interest shown by competitors to Eurostar to operate the international service as well as… Read More >
A doomed love affair with Eurostar
BBET supporter Richard Hunt wrote this article on his train-related substack entitled On Track for Change: Eurostar and I – A Doomed Love Affair. It’s a nostalgic read for those who remember the cross-Channel ferries in the days before the… Read More >
The secret code all Eurostar passengers need to know
Need to get to St Pancras for that all-important trip to the continent? Staggered at the cost of getting there at peak time? Anxious about missing the Eurostar if your train to St Pancras should let you down? Read on,… Read More >
Eurostar to expand its fleet
Eurostar hopes to add new routes to its existing service to Paris, Lille, Brussels and Amsterdam once it has new trains up and running. According to The Sun newspaper, Eurostar still has to choose its train manufacturer for the new… Read More >
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 >