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Flash sale on Eurostar with tickets for £35 each way
Flash sale on Eurostar with tickets for £35 each way

Flash sale on Eurostar with tickets for £35 each way

Eurostar has a flash sale for the next few days, offering tickets from just £35 each way for travel between London and Lille, Paris, and Brussels.

Mar
05
Eurostar releases tickets for EURO 2024
Eurostar releases tickets for EURO 2024

Eurostar releases tickets for EURO 2024

Eurostar has announced its early ticket release for travel to the EURO 2024, which takes place in Germany between 14th June and 14th and July 2024.

Dec
19
2023
Eurostar Launches Early Sales of Tickets for Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics
Eurostar Launches Early Sales of Tickets for Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics

Eurostar Launches Early Sales of Tickets for Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics

Eurostar has started early sales of train tickets for people travelling to the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympic Games.

Nov
07
2023
Eurostar launches new ski service for UK customers looking for a green way to travel to the Alps
Eurostar launches new ski service for UK customers looking for a green way to travel to the Alps

Eurostar launches new ski service for UK customers looking for a green way to travel to the Alps

Eurostar has announced sales for the brand-new Eurostar Snow service leaving from London to the Alps via Lille Europe.

Aug
29
2023
Eurostar’s business passengers to skip the check-in queues with smartphone app
Eurostar’s business passengers to skip the check-in queues with smartphone app

Eurostar’s business passengers to skip the check-in queues with smartphone app

Eurostar has started using facial recognition to speed up boarding at St Pancras International station, although initially only for Business Premier and Carte Blanche passengers.

Jul
18
2023
Eurostar will transport Team GB athletes to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games
Eurostar will transport Team GB athletes to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Eurostar will transport Team GB athletes to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Britain's Olympic athletes will let the train take the strain when they attend the Paris 2024 Olympics, as Eurostar has been named as the official travel partner of The British Olympic Association (BOA).

Jul
03
2023
A locally brewed Pale Ale will be offered on Eurostar trains
A locally brewed Pale Ale will be offered on Eurostar trains

A locally brewed Pale Ale will be offered on Eurostar trains

Eurostar has added an exclusive pale ale brewed just up the road from St Pancras station to the drinks trolly on its services to/from London.

Jun
14
2023

Eurostar’s January sale offers 29,000 discounted trips to Europe

Eurostar has started a one-week flash sale, offering 29,000 discounted seats to destinations on the European mainland.

Jan
10
2023
Overnight train from London to Berlin starts May 2023
Overnight train from London to Berlin starts May 2023

Overnight train from London to Berlin starts May 2023

A new low(ish) cost train service offers the opportunity, with a change at Brussels for an overnight train trip between London and Berlin.

Dec
29
2022
Flash sale on Eurostar tickets this week
Flash sale on Eurostar tickets this week

Flash sale on Eurostar tickets this week

For just a couple of days, there's a flash sale on discounted Eurostar train tickets.

Nov
08
2022
Improved links between HS1 and HS2 railways could reduce air travel
Improved links between HS1 and HS2 railways could reduce air travel

Improved links between HS1 and HS2 railways could reduce air travel

A report by a high-speed rail lobby group is calling for improved links between HS1 and HS2 in London to encourage more people to switch from planes to trains.

Jun
08
2022
Have you caught a train to London International CIV?
Have you caught a train to London International CIV?

Have you caught a train to London International CIV?

There is a ticket that select people can buy to a station in London that doesn't exist, for journeys that don't end in London.

Jan
06
2022
Unbuilt London: The Eurostar terminus at White City
Unbuilt London: The Eurostar terminus at White City

Unbuilt London: The Eurostar terminus at White City

Eurostar trains are based at the wonderfully restored St Pancras station close to central London, but they nearly ended up in West London, at White City.

Jan
26
2021
Eurostar cheap ticket sale – for couples and groups
Eurostar cheap ticket sale – for couples and groups

Eurostar cheap ticket sale – for couples and groups

Sorry single people travelling alone, this deals not for us -- as Eurostar launch a flash sale of low cost tickets for people travelling in multiples.

Sep
13
2018
Eurostar ticket sale – from £29 to France and Belgium
Eurostar ticket sale – from £29 to France and Belgium

Eurostar ticket sale – from £29 to France and Belgium

Eurostar are to release 44,500 seats for sale next Tuesday for trips to France and Belgium, with tickets costing from just £29 each way.

Aug
25
2017

Catch a steam train from London to Paris

If you look out for it, on Friday 9th October, a steam train will leave London Victoria station, and its passengers will arrive in the evening, in Paris.

Aug
31
2015
Open Day Tours of the Eurotunnel terminal
Open Day Tours of the Eurotunnel terminal

Open Day Tours of the Eurotunnel terminal

A day trip to Folkestone? To look around a train terminal? Sounds good!

Jul
26
2014
Take a trip in Channel Tunnel trains on the Thameslink Line
Take a trip in Channel Tunnel trains on the Thameslink Line

Take a trip in Channel Tunnel trains on the Thameslink Line

You've doubtless seen the elegant Eurostar trains gliding through London carrying Continental passengers, but did you know the very first Channel Tunnel passenger trains are now used on normal commuter routes, and thousands of people ride in them everyday?

May
06
2014
It’s the 50th anniversary of the Channel Tunnel Agreement
It’s the 50th anniversary of the Channel Tunnel Agreement

It’s the 50th anniversary of the Channel Tunnel Agreement

Today marks the 50th anniversary of an agreement between the French and British governments to build a tunnel under the English Channel to link the two countries.

Feb
06
2014
A Grand Day Out – Taking the Boris Bikes to Paris
A Grand Day Out – Taking the Boris Bikes to Paris

A Grand Day Out – Taking the Boris Bikes to Paris

What would it be like to take two cycle hire bikes from London to Paris and return in a single day?

Aug
21
2011
A tour of the Eurostar repair depot at Stratford
A tour of the Eurostar repair depot at Stratford

A tour of the Eurostar repair depot at Stratford

The other day I went to visit the train depot near Stratford where the Eurostar trains are repaired.

May
22
2011

Get a “free” trip on the Eurostar

When I had the tour of the new Stratford International station last month, mention was made of plans to do tests of the new Eurostar terminal at St. Pancras - and that they would probably open it to the general public.

Oct
15
2007