Passengers and profits alike grew last year for rail operator Eurostar, figures showed this week. A Eurostar statement issued on Thursday said that the company carried 2 per cent more passengers in 2011 than it did in 2010, totalling to some 9.7 million. The firm also managed generate a 6 per cent increase sales revenues [...]

The French authorities have said that Eurostar passengers will be able to make and receive calls while in the Channel Tunnel before this summer’s Olympic Games in London. Eurotunnel, which is in charge of the 31 miles of track between Calais and Folkestone, will go into partnership with several French operators to make the service [...]

The entrance to the Channel Tunnel near Calais, France now boasts a gigantic Olympic logo. The classic five-ring symbol, which is 31ft (9.4m) wide and 15ft (4.6m) high, was unveiled this week at the Coquelles tunnel on 20 December, marking the special date of 20/12. The rings were put together in Lille and later put [...]

Eurostar has published its results for the third-quarter of this year and described them as solid. Sales revenues have risen during the period from £183 million last year to £197 million in 2011. This is an increase of 7 per cent. For the year so far, revenues are up to £617 million compared to last [...]

An Albanian man travelling through Kent on a Eurostar train fell to his death on Monday. According to police reports, the 22 year-old was taking the high speed train back to continental Europe after border protection authorities had denied him entry into the United Kingdom. The ordeal occurred not far from the channel tunnel in [...]

Travel bible Lonely Planet has named St Pancras Station, in the heart of London, one of the world’s most romantic places. The hub joins a list which also includes Casa de Giulieta (Juliet’s House) in Verona and the Taj Mahal in India. St Pancras is Grade I-listed and, in the past few years, has had [...]

A recent study commissioned by high-speed train operator Eurostar suggests that Brits are less concerned by environmental issues when they choose their holidays than some European neighbours. The survey revealed that 70 per cent of residents in the UK are not influenced by environmental concerns when they buy a holiday compared to 60 per cent [...]

Rail firm Eurostar is adding extra summer services between London and continental Europe. The high-speed train operator said this week that there would be 16 additional departures for its route from London to Paris and another seven trains between the British capital and Disneyland Paris. Officials said the expansion comes due to heightened demand, as [...]

Because of disruption caused this week to airline schedules as a result of the Icelandic ash cloud, Eurostar has decided to put on extra services for the bank holiday weekend. An extra train will be running on Friday which will depart London St Pancras at 10.01 and arrive in Paris Gare du Nord at 13.17. [...]

Security checks at airports throughout the UK are likely to become tighter following the death of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan. There is concern that his killing could spark retaliatory attacks, and airports are being seen as an obvious target. According to Whitehall sources, scanners could now be introduced across the country [...]