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Albanian dies falling from 85mph Eurostar train in Kent

18.10.11
A man fell to his death from a high-speed Eurostar train as it travelled through Kent last night... more

£1m bill to fix wrong type of platform at 2012 station

07.09.11
London 2012 bosses have been forced to spend £1million of public cash raising the height of platforms at the main Olympic Park railway station... more

Eurostar trains crippled by power failure

02.09.11
Eurostar services were crippled today following a major power failure on HS1 - the high speed line... more

Eurostar enjoys passenger boom

14.04.11
Channel Tunnel high-speed rail company Eurostar carried an increased number of passengers in the first part of this year, it announces... more

Eurostar 'shambles' attacked as the queues continue to grow

21.12.10
Family caught up in the travel chaos gripping Eurostar services told today how the big freeze had trapped them for four days... more

Next stop on Eurostar’s 200mph route to Paris will be the Albert Hall

07.10.10
Eurostar unveils its new 200mph trains that will open up routes across Europe and bring Paris closer to London than Manchester or Liverpool... more

Stratford needs Eurostar, warns boss of Olympic mall

09.09.10
Boss of the huge shopping centre project by the Olympic Park reignites fears that Stratford International station will become a white elephant... more

Eurostar picks up passengers grounded by volcanic ash

22.07.10
Travellers switching from air to rail during the ash cloud crisis helped swell numbers on Eurostar trains in the first half of this year... more

Eurostar fire scare strands thousands at St Pancras station

09.07.10
Thousands of Eurostar passengers stranded overnight when a fire alert brought the service to a standstill... more

Eurotunnel's 'whatever the weather' advert banned thanks to snow chaos

26.05.10
A Eurotunnel advert has been banned for claiming the service runs in any weather after a complaint from a passenger who was stranded because of snow... more

Passengers flock back to Eurostar despite troubles

12.04.10
Despite thousands of Eurostar passengers claiming they would stay away from the high-speed continental trains service after its catastrophic Christmas of train breakdowns, the company is toasting a 5% rise in sales to £178 million between January and March... more

More Eurostar chaos as train is trapped for hours in dark

22.02.10
Eurostar hit by fresh embarrassment after hundreds of passengers were stranded in the Kent countryside in darkness when a train broke down... more

Make Eurostar stop at Stratford International, ministers urged

17.02.10
Transport Secretary Lord Adonis under pressure to order Eurostar trains to stop at Stratford International station to stop it being the biggest 'white elephant' in London... more

Eurostar chaos as 27 killed in head-on commuter train crash

15.02.10
At least 27 people were feared dead after two packed commuter trains collided head-on at speed in Belgium... more

London’s economy is let down by our trains

12.02.10
By coincidence, the Mayor, Boris Johnson, has held an emergency summit with rail operators on the same day that a report on the Eurostar debacle at Christmas is launched... more

Eurostar chaos report calls for new evacuation plan in tunnel

12.02.10
Emergency evacuation plans for the Channel Tunnel must be urgently reviewed to prevent a repeat of the Christmas snow chaos which left thousands of passengers stranded for up to 20 hours... more

Eurostar trains delayed ahead of Christmas travel chaos report

11.02.10
Thousands of Eurostar passengers caught up in fresh chaos after the service was suspended temporarily because of a track problem... more

Record revenues for Eurostar despite 'fluffy snow' debacle

20.01.10
Eurostar provokes anger among passengers by posting record sales a month after “fluffy French snow” left thousands stranded before Christmas... more

Eurostar to get 'years of benefits' from 2012 Olympics

13.01.10
Eurostar will win a million extra passengers from the 2012 Olympics and will enjoy the benefits for a decade, Deutsche Bank predicts... more

SNCF may block Eurostar's Brown from taking top job

24.12.09
Eurostar's major shareholder, French state-owned SNCF, could pressurise the board to cancel plans to make British chief executive Richard Brown chairman due to the poor handling of this week's travel chaos... more

Getaway gets off to a slow start with rail and air delays

23.12.09
Travellers hit by more delays and cancellations as the great Christmas getaway fell victim to the weather... more

Eurostar finally starts running trains again

22.12.09
First stranded Eurostar passengers hope to finally get moving after three days of cancellations... more

When travelling is a horror, home’s the place to be

22.12.09
Those Londoners joining the mass evacuation this week leave behind a city that’s almost unrecognisable... more

Conflicting Eurostar advice causes chaos at St Pancras

21.12.09
More than 150 people who had pre-booked Eurostar tickets complained of a lack of proper information today... more

'I can't believe what we've had to put our children through'

21.12.09
Hundreds of British passengers face having their Christmas plans thrown into chaos after being left stranded on the continent in the fourth day of Eurostar disruption... more

Eurostar blame 'fluffy French snow' as 100,000 passengers remain stranded

21.12.09
Eurostar blame the wrong type of 'fluffy French snow' for the collapse of its services, sparking fury from stranded passengers... more

Eurostar drivers strike after last-minute pay talks collapse

18.12.09
Eurostar drivers started a 48-hour strike in a row over pay after last minute hopes of a deal collapsed... more


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