News: Eurostar sets new Brussels to London speed record

Flights > News > # 1480 (21/09/2007)

Eurostar set a new Brussels to London rail speed record of 1 hour and 43 minutes yesterday, travelling at 186 miles per hour on the long-awaited high speed Channel Tunnel Rail Link to London's St Pancras station.
The trip, which slashed around half an hour off the normal journey time to London, followed a similar inaugural run from Paris to London at the start of this month.
Eurostar chief executive, Richard Brown, said: “Travellers will be able to reach Brussels, and cities throughout Belgium and France, in journey times that are competitive with flying, using trains that are more productive for business travellers, and more relaxing for leisure travellers.
“Eurostar is quite simply the fastest, most convenient way to travel – avoiding wasted time and money in getting to out-of-town airports, lengthy check-in times, and baggage reclaim delays.”
The switch from Waterloo south of the Thames to St Pancras in north London takes place on November 14.

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