Any further UK investment in depot space should come with conditions
Gwendoline Cazenave, Eurostar’s CEO, went on the BBC Radio 4’s Today programme this morning to bemoan the lack of investment in depot space at Temple Mills. Listen to a clip here (©BBC 2026): The background to this is Eurostar’s stated… Read More >
A week on from the ORR’s decision on Temple Mills, what have we learnt?
A week has elapsed since the ORR’s decision to allocate the space capacity in the Temple Mills to Virgin Trains Europe. Virgin won out over Eurostar and three other operators vying to launch a rival cross-Channel train service. What have… 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 >
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 >