Uber to team up with Gemini for cross-Channel trains
The rail start-up Gemini, which plans to run cross-Channel trains stopping at Ebbsfleet International, has announced that it will run its ticket booking service through Uber. Uber has signed an agreement to co-brand the trains and enable passengers to book… Read More >
Cross-border train services need to improve says Italian Railway boss
The head of the Italian FS Group, Stefano Donnarumma, has spoken out in the Financial Times to deplore the lack of cross-border train connectivity on the European continent. In a (probably unconscious) echo of last year’s Greenpeace analysis of city-to-city… Read More >
Double-decker trains set to connect London to Brussels and Paris
The French train manufacturer Alstom has received an order for its popular twin-deck trains from Eurostar, who hope to begin using them in a few years’ time according the The Metro. This would double the number of passengers per train… Read More >
Direct UK-Switzerland trains planned
The UK and Swiss governments have signed a memorandum of understanding encouraging operators to plan direct train links from London to Zurich, Geneva and Basel. The stations would have to be fitted out with passport control facilities, and the Swiss… Read More >
Gemini Trains gives exclusive interview
The chief excecutive of Gemini Trains, the new entrant to the cross-channel market, has given an exclusive interview to the Green Signals channel. Adrian Quine speaks frankly and at length to interviewer Richard Bowker in the video below. We learn… Read More >
Trenitalia eyes Channel Tunnel route
Another week, another competitor announcement for Eurostar. This time, the Italian state railway Trenitalia has vowed to start running trains between London and Paris by 2029, by teaming up with Evolyn who had already stated their intention to ply the… Read More >
Virgin gets green light to use Temple Mills depot
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR)’s report into the Temple Mills maintenance depot, currently used only by Eurostar, has concluded that there is enough space for other operators to use it as well. The ruling is a victory for… Read More >
Gemini to compete with Eurostar and stop in Kent
A new competitor to Eurostar has been announced: Gemini Trains. Despite its airline looks, Gemini’s website is promising to “Change the face of European travel” by offering an alternative rail service between the UK and Belgium and France, with additional… Read More >
South East MPs speak up for Kent in meeting with Government
MPs Sojan Joseph for Ashford, Polly Billington for East Thanet, Tony Vaughan for Folkestone and Hythe, Lauren Edwards for Rochester and Strood and Helena Dollimore for Rye and Hastings met today with the Minister for Rail, Lord Hendy, to put… Read More >
Eurostar under pressure to drop its prices
Pressure is building on Eurostar to reduce its prices from April 2025, following a drop in HS1 access charges. Eurostar is a heavy user of the high speed track between London St Pancras and Ashford, Kent, and has to pay… Read More >