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.