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Eurostar International Ltd

  • Wednesday, 25 June, 2025
    Eurostar cross-channel rail services delayed and cancelled after cable theft

    Wednesday’s incident adds to delays caused after two people were struck by trains the previous day

    Travellers in a queue at St Pancras International station in London
  • Monday, 9 June, 2025
    Eurostar plans Frankfurt and Geneva services to tap demand for greener travel

    Rail group seeks to attract corporate customers looking for alternatives to air travel

    A Eurostar e320 high-speed train travels through Ashford in Kent, heading towards France
  • Thursday, 22 May, 2025
    News in-depthRail
    How Eurostar’s would-be rivals went off the rails

    Financing, regulation and different rail systems mean potential competitors are years away from launching services

    Eurostar Platform, St Pancras
  • Thursday, 3 April, 2025
    Rail
    Cross-Channel rail owner to offer incentives for new operators

    London St Pancras Highspeed, the former HS1, aims to attract more train companies and encourage extra Eurostar services

    Passenger trains, operated by Eurostar International, at St. Pancras International in London
  • Monday, 31 March, 2025
    Plans to break up Eurostar monopoly given boost by rail regulator

    Office of Rail and Road says capacity could be made available at Temple Mills depot

    Eurostar passenger trains are parked in the sidings at the Eurostar Engineering Centre Temple Mills in London
  • Sunday, 9 March, 2025
    Virgin Group Ltd
    Virgin Group looks to raise £700mn to fund Eurostar rival

    Richard Branson’s group is one of several planning a new cross-Channel service

    Virgin and Eurostar logos
  • Friday, 7 March, 2025
    Eurostar trains from Paris cancelled after WW2 bomb found near tracks

    A 500kg bomb was discovered 2.5km from the Gare du Nord in a northern suburb

    Passengers on a platform at the Eurostar terminal at St Pancras station in London
  • Monday, 6 January, 2025
    Rail
    UK high-speed rail line told to cut charges

    Regulator rules fees should come down by 3.8% compared with HS1’s proposal

    King’s Cross and St Pancras International Railway Stations
  • Wednesday, 20 November, 2024
    Rail
    Dispute over London depot threatens plans to break Eurostar monopoly

    Richard Branson’s Virgin Group is among challengers seeking to offer new rail service between UK and European mainland

    Eurostar trains at the Temple Mills depot in east London
  • Wednesday, 6 November, 2024
    Eurostar £39 ticket adverts banned by UK watchdog for second time

    Advertising Standards Authority said no evidence enough seats available for purchase at cheap fare during promotion

    Eurostar trains are seen on empty platforms at St Pancras station in London
  • Friday, 31 May, 2024
    News in-depthRail
    Making tracks: is Eurostar’s monopoly under threat?

    Companies are exploring rival operations to run trains through the Channel Tunnel

    Eurostar trains at St Pancras
  • Wednesday, 15 May, 2024
    Eurostar plans up to 50 new trains and more services to tap ‘huge’ demand

    Operator wants to open new routes from London and increase fleet by a third

    Eurostar trains
  • Wednesday, 10 January, 2024
    Carlo Ratti
    Don’t mourn the hyperloop — the train trumps it every time

    Attempts to shorten journeys such as that from Paris to London are exciting, but ultimately not worth striving for

    A Eurostar train at London’s St Pancras International station
  • Wednesday, 3 January, 2024
    Eurostar censured by UK watchdog over cheap seats promotion

    Cross-channel train operator offered a ‘very small percentage’ of fares at £39, says advertising regulator

    Passengers walk past a Eurostar train
  • Sunday, 31 December, 2023
    Eurostar resumes services after flooding halted cross-channel journeys

    Many passengers remain stranded despite trains running again

    Passengers queue at St Pancras station
  • Friday, 28 July, 2023
    Rail
    National Express owner plans to launch Eurostar rival

    Mobico has been holding talks with Spanish Cosmen family about cross-Channel rail service

    A National Express coach
  • Thursday, 6 July, 2023
    Due Diligence
    The struggle to get Eurostar back on track Premium content

    Plus, Saudi Arabia sets aside more for sports and the Vietnamese electric vehicle start-up losing power ahead of its Spac listing

  • Wednesday, 5 July, 2023
    The Big Read
    Eurostar in recovery: is there light at the end of the tunnel?

    Under a new chief executive, the group focuses on core routes to plot a path back to growth post-pandemic

  • Tuesday, 24 January, 2023
    Eurostar boss says peak trains are left a third empty because of post-Brexit passport delays

    Doubts raised over expansion despite return of profits and passengers after lifting of travel restrictions

    Eurostar passengers and holidaymakers queue to access border controls at St Pancras Station in July 2022
  • Wednesday, 30 November, 2022
    Rail
    Eurostar strike adds to pre-Christmas rail disruption

    Security staff employed by Mitie set for walkout on December 16, 18, 22 and 23

  • Tuesday, 27 September, 2022
    Eurostar raises prices as it struggles with Brexit border controls

    Group also burdened by high interest rate charges on loans agreed in pandemic

    Eurostar trains in London
  • Friday, 26 August, 2022
    Undercover EconomistTim Harford
    It’s the uncertainty, not the delay, that gets you in the end

    Why does time fly when you are travelling but drag when you are waiting? 

  • Tuesday, 26 October, 2021
    Rail
    Spanish train operator looks to provide Channel Tunnel service

    Renfe’s plan would lead to Eurostar facing first substantial rival on routes from London to continent

    People visit the Renfe stand during a fair in Madrid
  • Tuesday, 18 May, 2021
    Eurostar lands bailout from investors and French state

    Cross-Channel passenger train operator secures £250m as UK sits on sidelines

    Eurostar International trains at St Pancras International Station, London
  • Tuesday, 6 April, 2021
    UK government takes tough line on bailout requests for Eurostar

    Ministers insist struggling train operator should look to shareholders to ease its plight

    The Eurostar terminal in London
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