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Eurostar’s scaled-back timetable will continue into the first half of 2009
Eurostar has launched ticket sales on its trimmed timetable following the Channel tunnel fire.
The new timetable, designed to makes best use of the available capacity through the tunnel, means there are now nine trains on weekdays between London and Brussels, and 16 trains on weekdays between London and Paris.
Before the fire on September 11, it was running 10 and 17 respectively.
Journey times are on average 20 minutes longer than normal, due to the partial closure of one of the two running tunnels.
This revised timetable is expected to continue for some months – into the first half of 2009 – before Eurotunnel, the Channel tunnel operator, is able to restore full access to both tunnels.
Eurostar will continue to operate temporary check-in procedures for some weeks.
All travellers are strongly advised to check in as early as possible, ahead of Eurostar’s minimum check-in times, to help station staff ensure that they catch their trains.
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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