Post-Brexit Eurostar capacity down 30 per cent due to more border checks POST-BREXIT CHECKS Eurostar’s peak capacity at London St Pancras station is down 30 per cent as a result of post-Brexit checks. Chief executive Jacques Damas said that additional checks caused a “significant increase in processing times,” therefore reducing the number of people processed at peak times. Damas will step down after two years at the company’s helm [...]
Eurostar to scrap direct services to Disneyland due to Brexit and Covid DISNEYLAND Eurostar has announced it will scrap London to Disneyland direct services from next summer due to the impact of Brexit and Covid. “Whilst we continue to recover financially from the pandemic and monitor developments in the proposed EU Entry Exit system, we need to focus on our core routes to ensure we can continue to [...]
Eurostar boss steps down passing the baton to rail veteran Gwendoline Cazenave EUROSTAR BOSS Gwendoline Cazenave will replace Jacques Damas as chief executive of Eurostar Group, as the French businessman steps down after two years at the rail operator’s helm. The railway veteran will officially take over on 1 October, having spent two decades working in the industry. A former executive at French state-owned rail company SNCF, Cazenave has [...]
Eurostar running special timetable and reduced hours due to national rail strike impact July 27, 2022 Eurostar is having to run a special timetable and reduced hours on UK rail lines as a result of national rail strikes. The route between London and the continent said its changes were announced last week, and there had been no unplanned disruption. This comes as more than 40,000 members of RMT working for Network [...]
Eurostar cancels London-Paris services as getaway chaos continues July 25, 2022 Travellers between Paris and London have been left stranded as Eurostar today was forced to scrap two morning services, causing delays. Trains were cancelled after parts of the French high-speed line were closed yesterday due to a broken down train People took it to Twitter to complain about the situation. One user described the queues [...]
Eurostar sees faster than expected business travel rebound July 18, 2022 Business travellers are once again letting the train take the strain, with Eurostar reporting numbers heading back to pre-pandemic highs. The St. Pancras operator’s newest data suggests business travel has returned to 70 per cent of 2019 levels, with 80 per cent of business passengers expecting to travel more or the same than in 2019, [...]
Eurostar ramps up daily train services between London and Amsterdam as demand skyrockets July 4, 2022 Eurostar said this afternoon that it plans to run more direct trains between London and the Netherlands to meet growing demand. A fourth daily weekday service will operate in both directions between London St Pancras International and Amsterdam via Brussels and Rotterdam from September 5. The extra service from London will depart at 6.16am, with [...]
Wishing upon a (Euro)star: London-Disneyland Paris services resume from Friday March 22, 2022 Eurostar announced today that services between London St Pancras and Disneyland Parils will resume from Friday following a two-year stop because of the pandemic. The train, which will take 2 hours and 49 minutes, will initially run four days a week, ramping up to five days during summer and other school holidays. “We are excited [...]
Eurostar prepares for busiest weekend as thousands flock to Paris for Six Nations’ final March 16, 2022 Eurostar is preparing for its busiest weekend this year, as thousands travel to Paris for the Six Nations’ final between France and England. Eurostar said it is expecting 20,000 people to take the train between London and Paris this weekend – a 12 per cent surge compared to normal times. The railway operator added an [...]
Queues at ports and Eurostar as France travel restrictions loom December 17, 2021 Travellers waiting at UK ports for Channel ferries are reporting hour-long queues to board, while Eurostar is advising ticketless customers to steer clear of London St Pancras following the French Government’s decision to effectively close its borders to UK travellers from tonight at 11pm (GMT). UK operator P&O Ferries told the BBC that the average [...]