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 >
Eurostar to serve Amsterdam from February 2025
Some good news at last. Eurostar, which had threatened to pull out of the London-Amsterdam route because of lack of integration with the Dutch railways, is to run direct trains again from February 2025 according to NL Times. The service… Read More >
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 >
Eurostar still spurns Kent stations despite evidence of viability
Eurostar are still not stopping at Ashford and Ebbsfleet stations despite evidence that these stops would be financially advantageous to them. They have always maintained that they would resume the services “when it was commercially viable to do so”. Ashford… Read More >
Eurostar will not stop in Kent before 2026
Eurostar has ruled out stopping in Kent before 2026. This brings a sense of déjà vu as Eurostar have always ruled out deciding on Kent stations until 2025. According to a BBC article, they added, “There is no short-term prospect… Read More >
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 >
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 >
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 >
Eurostar: the view from Hastings
This slightly old (2022) article from the Hastings Independent is valuable for its insightful delve into the history of the international train service from Ashford, as viewed from Hastings. Ashford matters to Hastings because of the Marshlink line that runs… Read More >