A Comfortable Journey By Eurostar
Eurostar allows tourists and businessmen to travel in the best conditions. The eurostar transport service is ideal for those making a business trip, thanks to a fast check-in. The interior of cars is also adapted to the specific needs of business people who enjoy comfortable seating with plug (UK and European) and a shelf to put documents and laptops. The Eurostar Leisure Select also has roomier seats and the standard class is ideal for families for a weekend at a small price. Book your tickets on the Eurostar website, this way you can choose the location of your seat in advance. Standard class offers twin seats or Club 4, which is perfect for a trip with family or friends. Tourists visiting London for a weekend can enjoy exceptional rates on this class. The Eurostar also offers Business Premier Seats, specifically tailored to the needs of business travellers. They can prepare their meetings or relax in a quieter area.
Eurostar has developed an offer for the business travellers who often get on the train to Paris or London. Thus, the Eurostar Frequent Traveller will receive exclusive benefits, discounts, special rates ... Discover and enjoy the offers to organize a business or a weekend trip at a lower cost, traveling under the best conditions. It operates daily direct high-speed train trips between Paris, Disneyland Resort Paris, Lille, Calais-Fréthun, Brussels, London and Ashford (Kent). Direct seasonal service linking London and Ashford to Avignon runs from May through October and Moutiers and Bourg St Maurice to London and Ashford from November through April.
Since the commercial launch in 1994, Eurostar has transformed the travel market between Paris-Brussels and London. Eurostar has more than doubled the total number of passengers traveling on the Paris / London route and Brussels / London route and carried 50 million passengers.
Punctuality & Reliability is trademark of Eurostar. In January-June 2003, 77% of Eurostar trains arrived on time or with a delay of less than 15 minutes on the scheduled arrival time.
Travel time on Eurostar has been reduced considerably with the commissioning on 28 September 2003 the first section of the British Railway high speed line (the Channel Tunnel Rail Link) between Dollands Moor near the Channel Tunnel, Folkestone and Fawkham Junction, near Swanley, east London. The journey time between Paris and London has been reduced to only 2 hours 35 minutes and between Brussels and Waterloo to 2 hours 20 minutes. The journey between St. Pancras and Lille is now 1 hour 40 minutes. The UK rail speed record has also been formally established by Eurostar on July 30, 2003 at 334.7 km / h. Eurostar completion of the second section in 2007, saw the opening of new international station will open at St Pancras (Kings Cross), Eurostar journey times will be further reduced to 15 minutes, reducing travel time to only 2 hours 20 minutes between Paris and London at 2:05 on Brussels-London and 1 hour 25 minutes to Lille-London.
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