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Eurostar St Pancras International - Ebbsfleet
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About Eurostar
Eurostar, the high-speed passenger train operator that links the UK and the Continent, has
published its debut timetable for services from St Pancras International using High Speed 1 – the UK’s first 186 mph line.
For the first time, business passengers from Britain will be able to reach the centres of both Paris and Brussels before 9am local time, enabling people to do a full day’s work without travelling the night before.
All Eurostar journeys are carbon neutral.
Eurostar St Pancras International
St Pancras International is the heart of London. International travellers are able to connect with seven mainline train operators at St Pancras, King’s Cross and nearby Euston, and with six London Underground lines.
Reduced Journey Times
Eurostar journeys are at least 20 minutes faster from St Pancras International, on the UK’s first high-speed line.
New Journey Times:
- London - Paris 2 hours 15 mins
- London - Brussels 1 hour 51 mins
- London - Lille 1 hour 20 mins
Facilities at St Pancras International:
- Shops, bars and restaurants
- A bureau de change
- Departure lounge facilities open to all travellers.
- A dedicated departure lounge for Business Premier travellers and Eurostar™ carte blanche holders.
- Eurostar ticket office
- open daily, from one hour before the first departure until 21:00.
- Travel Centre, a group welcome desk, a special assistance desk
and e-ticket collection machines.
- Wireless internet access.
- A registered baggage service.
- Toilets with baby-changing facilities.
Eurostar Ebbsfleet International
Nearly half of all Eurostar services will call at Ebbsfleet International Eurostar terminal, Eurostar’s new station just off junction 2 of the M25 near the Dartford crossing and Bluewater shopping centre in north Kent. There will be seven trains a day to Paris and five to Brussels, with the first trains arriving in the French and Belgian capitals before 9am. The new station is expected to attract both current users of Waterloo International and passengers who currently fly from London’s congested airports.
With two stations in Kent (Ebbsfleet International Eurostar terminal, Ashford International), the number of trains serving the county will increase by 33% - from 12 to 16 a day. Ashford will continue to have services to Paris, Lille, Disneyland Paris, Avignon and the French Alps.
Richard Brown, Chief Executive of Eurostar, said: “For the first time business travellers can arrive seamlessly in Paris and Brussels before 9am, ready for a full day’s work. We’ll be running more trains, with half-hourly departures to Paris and hourly departures to Brussels at peak times.
Journeys will be at least 20 minutes shorter, and the new dedicated high-speed line means that punctuality will be even better than the 92% that Eurostar achieves today.
- All our services will be ‘carbon neutral’, at no extra cost to our travellers. A Eurostar journey already emits 10 times less carbon dioxide than flying, and we are determined to become greener still.”
Ebbsfleet International Eurostar terminal
- Ebbsfleet International Eurostar terminal Is less than 3 miles from Junction 2
of the M25, and close to the M2, M20 and A2. And there are 2,500 car
park spaces within 5 minutes’ walk of the station waiting for you
when you get there.
- Bluewater shopping centre is also close
by, in case a little retail therapy is required. And for
city-slickers, Canary Wharf can be reached in around 30 minutes by
car from Ebbsfleet International Eurostar terminal.
- Until the end of 19th century, the area
around Ebbsfleet was a buzzing port, attracting both industry and
tourists. And it will be again thanks to the Thames Gateway,
Europe’s biggest regeneration project.
- High-speed domestic services from Ebbsfleet International Eurostar terminal began in 2009, taking travellers to St
Pancras International in 17 minutes flat at speeds of up to 140mph.
- If you’re using public transport,
there are direct and regular connections to Gravesend, Dartford and
Greenhithe train stations from Ebbsfleet International Eurostar terminal.
- Eurostar will still be running regular
services from Ashford International to Paris, Disneyland®, Avignon,
the French Alps and Brussels via Lille
Please refer to our disclaimer.
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