Eurostar punctuality reaches record levels
Eurostar last week recorded its best ever punctuality performance since services started in November 1994.
The rail operator said 98.5% of scheduled trains arrived on time or early between Monday May 7 and Sunday May 13.
On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 100% of trains arrived on time or early.
In 2006 91.5% of Eurostar services arrived on time or early – up from 86.3% in 2005.
Simon Montague, Eurostar director of communications, said: “Punctuality is a key factor for travellers when they make their travel choices. It is no wonder that increasing numbers of business travellers are switching from short-haul airlines to high-speed rail.”
By Bev Fearis
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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