Is the future more about mass high-speed train transport than individualised motor vehicle travel? Yesterday saw the completion - finally - of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, which has been renamed High Speed 1 (or HS1). This new link will 'allow Eurostar trains to accelerate to 186mph (300km/h) within minutes of leaving their new terminus at St Pancras. They will reach the Channel Tunnel 70 miles away in half an hour, shaving about 25 minutes off the journey time to Paris and Brussels. London to Paris will take 2 hours and 15 minutes'
According to The Times in Travel times slashed as London gets on the fast track to Europe :
HIGH-SPEED trains will compete with airlines between London and dozens of cities on the Continent from next year, when three missing links in Europe’s 186mph rail network will be filled.
Eurostar is joining forces with high-speed rail operators in six European countries to offer through tickets and fast connections. Journey times from London to Amsterdam, Cologne, Strasbourg and Zurich will be cut by up to two hours, making rail a fast alternative to air travel for the first time in 30 years.From November 14 next year Eurostar passengers will no longer have to spend the first 30 miles of their journey on slow, suburban lines in South London.
Eurostar is joining forces with high-speed rail operators in six European countries to offer through tickets and fast connections. Journey times from London to Amsterdam, Cologne, Strasbourg and Zurich will be cut by up to two hours, making rail a fast alternative to air travel for the first time in 30 years.From November 14 next year Eurostar passengers will no longer have to spend the first 30 miles of their journey on slow, suburban lines in South London.
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