Eurostar accused of goading Ashford
A tantalising event occurred in late October: a Eurostar train stopped at Ashford, and stayed overnight. After the company confirmed its trains would not stop at Ashford until 2026, the sight of a train pulling in some time after 11pm… Read More >
BBET calls for international train resilience
Updated 7th August 2024 BBET’s Cllr Diccon Spain has called directly on the new Labour Government to build resilience into the UK’s only international train link, HS1. Britain’s vital rail link to Europe is at risk. Here’s why Ashford International… Read More >
BBC announces KCC survey
The KCC survey, and a link to our petition, have made into BBC News for Kent. Read Rosie Blunt’s article . The petition is making waves and gaining more traction all the time. We hope that more media interest will… Read More >
KCC releases survey of businesses affected by loss of international trains
Kent County Council has created a survey for businesses to give their view on how much they have been affected by the loss of Eurostar trains from Kent stations. We are of course delighted with this excellent initiative which is… Read More >
Support from Ashford Borough Council
The latest issue of Ashford Borough Council’s regular residents’ magazine, Ashford for You, promotes our campaign and the petition on p.6. We are grateful for the council’s continued support. Read Ashford For You
Evolyn won’t stop at Ashford
Kent Online confirm that the train company Evolyn, who have just commissioned 12 Channel-Tunnel-ready trains from Alstrom, do not plan to stop at Ashford or Ebbsfleet. Read Ruth Cassidy’s article here.
Kent stations to re-open “when we can afford it”
An article by Simon Calder in the Independent reports on a speech by Eurostar’s chief executive Gwendoline Cazenave insisting that the two disused stations on the route to the continent, Ebbsfleet and Ashford, would only re-open when the company can… Read More >
“Next stop Lille”: How the Javelins could be our hope
Campaigners from the group “Bring Back Euro Trains” gathered at Ashford Station on the afternoon of Tuesday, 29th August to greet the newly refurbished Javelin train, called the Rainbow, nicknamed “Trainbow”, writes Charlotte Mbali on Kent and Surrey Bylines. This… Read More >
Ashford Borough Council get behind campaign
It’s great to have support from Ashford Borough Council for our campaign to bring back European rail connections to the town. They give good publicity to our petition, so if you haven’t already, get signing! See the update on ABC’s… Read More >
Bring Back Euro Trains publicy event today
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 >