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Queen to open new Eurostar London base
The Queen is to officially open St Pancras International Station, the new home for Eurostar trains to the Continent, tonight (Tuesday).
St Pancras will become Eurostar’s new London home from November 14, while High Speed 1 will provide a dedicated, 68-mile high-speed line between central London and the Channel Tunnel.
The new line will enable Eurostar trains to travel at their full speed of 186mph, cutting journey times between London and the Continent by at least 20 minutes.
The formal opening of St Pancras,restored at a cost of £800 million, this evening will herald one week to go until the launch of Eurostar services from the station.
The royal ceremony will mark the opening of the station building and launch of High Speed 1, and will signal the final seven days of preparations to move Eurostar’s entire London operations overnight, to begin commercial services from St Pancras on November 14.
The last train will arrive at Waterloo International before 20.00 on November 13 and the first train will leave St Pancras at just after 11.00 the next day.
The royal event celebrates the culmination of a £5.8 billion engineering project, built by London & Continental Railways on time and within budget.
by Phil Davies
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