Eurostar's record year as travellers switch from planes
Eurostar's record year as travellers switch from planes
Eurostar is reporting record ticket sales and passenger numbers for 2006 ndash; claiming thousands of people chose its trains over flying to the Continent.
Sales of tickets for the company rsquo;s high-speed trains to France and Belgium topped half a billion pounds for the first time, rising 11.7 per cent from pound;463.8 million to pound;518.3m.
In total 7.85 million travellers chose Eurostar in 2006, and increase of 5.4 per cent on 2005.
Leisure traveller numbers rose by 4.5 per cent, while the largest increase was in business traveller numbers, rising by more than 17 per cent.
Source: http://www.kentnews.co.uk/kent-news/Eurostar_s-record-year-as-travellers-switch-from-planes-newsinkent2539.aspx
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The high-speed Eurostar systems between London and Paris will finally be realized in November with the completion of a new rail bed through southeastern England. Eurostar also gets a new London home at the stately St. Pancras rail station. The new service will cut the travel time between London and Paris to one hour, 51 minutes. Meanwhile, in London, o2, the onetime Millennium Dome, will reopen as an entertainment complex.
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Source: http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/living/travel/16517694.htm
Travellers suffer from storm's aftermath
But there was better news for Eurostar passengers, with the Channel Tunnel high-speed train company able to run a full service today, except for one early Paris to London train which was cancelled.
Severe weather in northern France had led to a suspension of Eurostar's London to Paris and Brussels services in the second half of yesterday.
A Eurostar spokesman said: "We're running alright today and the trains are very full, as a number of passengers were unable to travel with us yesterday."
A severely-reduced service was operating on GNER's East Coast main line between London and Edinburgh while an emergency timetable was in operation on the Virgin West Coast main line.
Source: http://travel.guardian.co.uk/article/2007/jan/19/travelnews.weathernews
Eurostar sees record sales
EUROSTAR, the train operator running services to Europe through the Channel Tunnel, said today that it achieved record sales in 2006, with sales rising 11.7 per cent to £518.3 million.
Passenger numbers for the operator, whose trains link London with Paris and Brussels, were up 5.4 per cent to 7.85m.
The group said it expected just as strong a performance over 2007.
Eurostar said it had benefited from increased security at airports and foggy weather in Britain.
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Huge rise in business use of Eurostar
The number of business travellers using Eurostar grew by 17 per cent in 2006, according to the cross-Channel rail operator. Some 630,000 business travellers used the high-speed rail service during the year, up from 538,000 the year before.
The company said: #147;Many of these travellers were using Eurostar for the first time and it is estimated that 1,000 business customers a week have now permanently transferred from flying to high-speed rail. #148;
Richard Brown, Eurostar #146;s chief executive, added: #147;I am delighted at the strong growth in the number of business travellers, who are discovering the punctuality and productivity advantages that Eurostar offers compared with the experience of flying.
Source: http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,11250-2542217,00.html
Eurostar reports record passenger numbers
Eurostar, the high-speed passenger train service that links the UK with France and Belgium, has reported record sales and traveler numbers in 2006.
Increased security at airports since the summer and foggy weather in the UK before Christmas meant that thousands of passengers switched from the airlines ...
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Bad news for airlines in Europe -- Eurostar saw record sales and traveler numbers in 2006 as it attracted thousands more travelers from the airlines. Sales topped half a billion pounds for the first time, rising 11.7% from £463.8 million to £518.3 million. In total 7.85 million travelers chose Eurostar in 2006, up 5.4 % on 2005. Leisure traveler numbers rose by 4.5%, while the largest increase was in business traveler numbers, rising over 17% and generating an 18% increase in business sales revenue. Eurostar continues to see strong year-on-year growth. It is now carrying 28% more travelers than in the 12 months before the opening in September 2003 of the first section of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, now named High Speed 1.
Source: http://iagblog.blogspot.com/2007/01/eurostar-taxes-and-michael-oleary.html
Eurostar Reports Increased Sales And Passenger Numbers In 2006
Eurostar train services through the Channel Tunnel from Britain to France and Belgium Thursday reported a rise in sales and passenger figures in 2006, helped in part by its promotion of the film hit The Da Vinci Code, the company said. Presenting its results in London, the high-speed Anglo-French train company said sales had risen by 11 per cent in 2006 to 518 million pounds (one billion dollars). The company, which operates to Paris and Brussels from London's Waterloo station, carried 7.85 million passengers in 2006 - an increase of more than five per cent on the on the 2005 total. The Hollywood film based on the controversial book by Dan Brown was set in London and Paris and promoted by Eurostar.
Source: http://www.playfuls.com/news_10_8528-Eurostar-Reports-Increased-Sales-And-Passenger-Numbers-In-2006.html
Record sales rise at Eurostar
Channel Tunnel rail firm Eurostar enjoyed a record rise in ticket sales during the last 12 months, the company today revealed.Sales were up 12 per cent to 518 million in 2006, Eurostar said, with passenger numbers rising five per cent to almost eight million.The firm is thought to have benefited from the severe travel disruption that hit UK airports in the latter half of last year due to heightened security restrictions and weather-enforced delays.And Eurostar chief executive Richard Brown said: "We expect 2007 to be another good year, with events such as the Tour de France in July and the Rugby World Cup in the autumn already generating strong demand in the groups market.
Source: http://www.manchester.com/National_News/Record_sales_rise_at_Eurostar-18029538.html
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