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 >
Council Leader Expresses Support for Campaign
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
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
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
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 >