If the ticket prices and frequency of services were on par, trains would always beat planes as the best way to cross the Channel. But whileEvolyn had suggested a launch as early as next year. A €50m show of support from Getlink, which runs the Channel Tunnel, could speed up the race. The Channel tunnel itself turned 30 on Monday.
Stamping UK passports to ensure that Britons are adhering to the 90-day rule for travel to the EU can increase queueing times at terminals, and not all of them have capacity to hold the extra numbers of waiting customers., it was revealed that Eurostar’s morning trains are being capped at only 550 out of 900 seats on trains from St Pancras, but also abroad; trains are leaving Amsterdam Centraal station almost three-quarters empty.
Brexit and Covid have also been blamed for the suspension of stops at Eurostar terminals in Kent and the cancellation of the operator’s direct service from London to Disneyland Paris.