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Eurostar Latest Deals
And Lowest Prices
Eurostar Latest Deals
And Lowest Prices
Through Fares To The Continent from £67
Eurostar and ATOC announce through fares to continental
Europe are now from over 130 towns and cities
-- Eurostar links up with First Great Western and National Express East
Anglia to offer through fares to Paris, Brussels and beyond – return
tickets from just £67
-- Existing partners First Capital Connect, Chiltern Railways and East
Midlands Trains extend number of stations with through fares
-- Eurostar travellers from UK regions up by 45% in the first quarter of
2008
Eurostar, the international high-speed train operator, and the
Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC) today (Tuesday 6 May
2008) announced that over 130 British towns and cities now have through
fares to mainland Europe.
Travellers can now obtain through fares from a further 65 stations
across Britain to mainland Europe, on top of the first phase of 68 towns
and cities offering through fares since 14 November 2007, the date when
Eurostar launched 186mph services on High Speed 1 from St Pancras
International.
Through fares are helping to drive up demand for Eurostar, with the
number of Eurostar journeys by travellers living in the UK regions
outside London increasing by an average of 45% in the first quarter of
2008.
First Great Western and National Express East Anglia are Eurostar’s
latest through-fare partners, taking the total number of partnerships
with domestic train operators to nine.
Examples of the new lowest standard return fares, fastest journey times,
and frequency of connecting services include:
Brighton–Brussels / Paris: £71 return – journey times 3h55 / 4h20;
frequencies 8/14
Oxford–Brussels / Paris: £69 return – journey times 4h35 / 4h30;
frequencies 9/15
Ipswich–Brussels / Paris: £77 return – journey times 4h20 / 4h40;
frequencies 8/13
Bath–Brussels / Paris: £79 return – journey times 4h55 / 5h10;
frequencies 7/12
Bristol–Brussels / Paris: £79 return – journey times 5h05 / 5h20;
frequencies 8/13
High Wycombe–Brussels / Paris: £70 return – journey times 3h40 / 4h05;
frequencies 8/13
(For travel to Disneyland ® Resort Paris, and to any station in Belgium,
the lowest fares are the same price as for Brussels / Paris.)
First Capital Connect has extended through fares to 11 more towns
including Brighton; Chiltern Railways to a further 15 towns, and East
Midlands Trains has added Loughborough to its stations with through
fares.
Rail travel to the Continent is often as quick or quicker and more
convenient than going by air. Travellers avoid the cost and time of
getting to and from out-of-town airports because trains go city-centre
to city-centre. With Eurostar, check-in is just 30 minutes (10 minutes
for Business Premier travellers), the journey is carbon neutral and far
less environmentally damaging than flying, and there is no waiting for
baggage reclaim because travellers keep their luggage with them. Service
frequency is greater than regional airlines, and unlike many air fares,
through fares have no extra booking fees or taxes.
Simon Montague, Director of Communications for Eurostar, said: “With
Eurostar’s move to St Pancras International and with through fares at
prices as good as or better than those offered by regional airlines,
millions more UK residents have much greater choice in they way they
travel to the Continent.
“The increasing numbers of UK travellers choosing to travel to mainland
Europe by rail shows that a clear shift is occurring, with more and more
people regarding the train as a better option.”
David Mapp, Commercial Director of ATOC, said: “This is a further
important step in integrating Britain's rail network with that of
continental Europe. The new through fares offer exceptional value for
money and should help make rail the natural choice for journeys to
Paris, Brussels and beyond.”
Through fares from over 130 British towns and cities to Paris, Brussels
and Disneyland Resort® Paris are available from www.eurostar.com and on
08705 186 186 and start from £67 standard return. Travellers can also
book through fares to over 75 destinations across France; any station in
Belgium; Dutch destinations including Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Schipol and
The Hague; and Aachen and Cologne in Germany.
Through fares are available up to 84 days in advance, in line with
domestic train operators’ normal booking horizons.
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