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Title: Eurostar a shrinking service ? Post by: Electric train on June 05, 2023, 12:43:58 Eurostar appear to be shrinking it services, and its not due to lack of demand, today is the last of the Euro-Disney direct services, the Ski specials are unlikely to operate next season. The reopening of Ebbsfleet and Ashford until 2025 at the earliest. Eurostar have stated the demands on post Brexit the UK being a EU "third Nation" which require extra Passport checks and the soon to be introduce biometric checks, all of this is something the Terminal Stations were never designed for or have the space for.
Add to this the Amsterdam / Rotterdam service could be suspended for at least a year while construction work takes place at Amsterdam Central. https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/eurostar-amsterdam-rotterdam-stop-trains-2024-b2351384.html Title: Re: Eurostar a shrinking service ? Post by: grahame on June 14, 2023, 15:43:40 Confirmation it's purely profitability - from the Daily Star (https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/once-bustling-uk-town-destroyed-30232892) - in an article about what the lack of services at Ashford has done to the town
Quote “While we continue to operate in an uncertain and fragile environment, we must focus on our most profitable inter-capital routes to enable us to meet our financial commitments, stabilise our operation and our customer experience, before considering any further developments. Title: Re: Eurostar a shrinking service ? Post by: Electric train on June 14, 2023, 18:01:41 Confirmation it's purely profitability - from the Daily Star (https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/once-bustling-uk-town-destroyed-30232892) - in an article about what the lack of services at Ashford has done to the town Quote “While we continue to operate in an uncertain and fragile environment, we must focus on our most profitable inter-capital routes to enable us to meet our financial commitments, stabilise our operation and our customer experience, before considering any further developments. Do wish the press would use the correct terminology (sic) the Daily Star (https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/once-bustling-uk-town-destroyed-30232892)Ashford in Kent is the location of the Eurostar terminal closed three years ago during the pandemic.[/quote] station yes terminal no, I don't recall Eurostar services terminating at Ashford! I do find it a bit rich that Kent compalin about the loss of the International rail services, they did vote 65.4% to leave the EU, but I supose they want their cake and to eat it This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |