ALLRAIL blasts Eurostar’s reasoning for strategy change
The Alliance of Passenger Rail New Entrants in Europe (ALLRAIL) has highlighted Eurostar’s recent change in strategy as one of the reasons why policymakers need to act swiftly to ensure competition through the Channel Tunnel.Read more
Passenger flow technology to be installed at HS1 stations
HS1 stations in the United Kingdom, from London to the Channel tunnel, will adopt passenger flow technology. HS1 Ltd announced a three-year contract with OpenSpace Group, whose technology can pin-point and count every person in...Read more
Freight and passenger traffic in Channel Tunnel back to normal after Monday standstill
Freight and passenger traffic came to a standstill in the Channel Tunnel and at the busiest cross-channel port of Dover on Monday. A stopped train under the waves combined with a lack of ferry services...Read more
How Getlink wants to clear a hurdle for new operators to run trains through the Channel Tunnel
Eurostar has been the single passenger railway operator in the Channel Tunnel since the opening in 1994, but the tracks are significantly underused. That to the dismay of tunnel manager and operator Getlink. To make...Read moreChannel tunnel used even less in second corona year
The Channel Tunnel between France and the United Kingdom was used less last year than in 2020. This is what the tunnel’s manager Getlink reported. Eurostar trains carried a third fewer passengers through the tunnel...Read more
‘Night trains are hindered by high track access charges’
COLUMN – The economic viability of night trains will be insecure if no action is taken on the track access charges. The struggle of Eurostar to keep its head above water showed that high track...Read more
‘Merger Eurostar and Thalys leads to more expensive train ticket’
“A merger between Eurostar and Thalys will give the combined company a monopoly position on the railways. As a result, the prices of the train tickets will increase”, says Arriën Kruyt of the European Passengers’...Read more