Eurostar passes on Kent until 2025
Eurostar may have amalgamated with Thalys earlier this year, but there’s no early anticipation of restoring stops at Ashford and Ebbsfleet, the stations largely built to connect Kent with international services. Eurostar’s Chief Executive, Gwendoline Cazenave, has emphasised that the reopening of Kent’s two currently disused stations, along the high-speed rail line to Paris, Brussels, and Amsterdam, will not happen any time soon, and will only be considered when the company deems it can afford to reinstate the intermediate stops.
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Brexit. Jesus christ on a bike…
How many passengers had used each of the two stations before the disruptions?
Which one would be more meanigful in case of just one extra stop? Will local providers provide for public transport connections to the European trains? Would it be possible to operate direct trains from further north in England to one of the stations?
Who would pay for border control staff?
can we remove the word international from ashford and ebbsfleet due to it being complete b****x? or cant Eurostar afford to do that either, its corruption plain and simple.