Eurostar has announced that it has reached a refinancing agreement with its shareholders and banks. The refinancing package of £250m1 mainly consists of additional equity and loans from a syndicate of banks2 guaranteed by the shareholders: SNCF, …
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Friday Reads – 26 March 2021
• SNCF: State aid for Eurostar needed within the month to survive (RailTech) • Ex-TfL Bus Boss Leon Daniels on the National Bus Strategy (FreeWheeling) • There’s one big problem with electric cars (NYTimes) • …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 29 January 2021
• Eurostar bailout & the effects on Channel Tunnel freight (RailTech) • All the (UK) Funiculars (JosephBrennan) • Travel restrictions one of most effective pandemic responses – if they’re strict (NYTimes) • President Biden will …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 16 November 2020
• Hidden London Hangouts explores the Kingsway Tram Tunnel (LTMuseum) • Details of Nicholas Grimshaw’s Waterloo Int’l station design (Dezeen) • Skip stop at Otterington Station (BeautyOfTransport) • Mapping Britain’s intercity footpaths (BBC) • Stop …
Continue readingEurostar not reopening Ashford or Ebbsfleet Int’l before 2022 (RailBusinessD)
Eurostar has revealed it will be reducing its timetable next year and will not be reopening Ashford International or Ebbsfleet International stations before 2022. The move comes following an unprecedented fall in demand, with bookings …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 28 August 2020
• Eurostar announces October direct Amsterdam – London service (GlobalRail) • The hustle and bustle sound of London, from 1928 (MuseumOfLondon) • Brunel’s little known Windmill Bridge (Three Bridges) in photos (TalesBraziersGrotto) • The hospital …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 10 February 2020
• New Amsterdam to London Eurostar direct service saves 30 minutes (CityLab) • Unblocking Reading station’s passenger bottleneck (BeautyOfTransport) • Cologne’s Carnival & Tram Parade (UrbanTransport) • Vancouver’s stunted streetcar drama (CBC) • Baltimore Penn …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 27 January 2020
• Toxic brake dust could be causing ‘London throat’ (BBC) • Euston Taxi Rank Part 2 – conversion to HS2 space (HydeParkNow) • The second King’s Cross Station that never was (Londonist) • Amsterdam tests …
Continue readingThalys-Eurostar merger planned (RailwayGazette)
SNCF, SNCB and the Patina Rail investment vehicle announced on September 27 their intention to combine the Eurostar and Thalys high speed rail operations, reporting that outline proposals were being presented to their respective boards. …
Continue readingUpgrading the continental signalling connection (RailEngineer)
Another ERTMS announcement has recently emerged, this time concerning the London to Paris and Brussels high-speed routes through the Channel Tunnel. At a meeting in Paris on 19 July, an agreement signed by four parties …
Continue readingGetlink pushes for budget train service between London & Paris (iNews)
Cheaper train services could run between London and Paris as alternatives to Eurostar if new proposals get off the ground. The cheaper trains would be slower, with longer journey times, but would be in a …
Continue readingHow long a train journey will compete with air travel? (CityLab)
Can Eurostar compete with airlines? As flying grows even less attractive, a new London-to-Amsterdam rail route could steal passengers from the skies. This is a question surfacing in Europe this month, as the first-ever direct …
Continue readingDB not to run to London? (Railway Gazette)
Deutsche Bahn (DB) has effectively deferred its high-profile plan to run direct high speed trains between Germany and London. Reports in the French press last week had quoted Birgit Bohle, Managing Director of DB Fernverkehr, …
Continue readingFriday Reads – April 28, 2017
If you have something you feel we should read or include in a future list, please email us at [email protected]. Night Tube noise complaints – Railway Technology Mail Rail BT Cold War cable removal – …
Continue readingNo Eurostar at Stratford International?
According to the BBC, Eurostar has declined to run services from the new £210 million Stratford International station. A Freedom of Information request uncovered minutes from a DfT meeting in January noting this – although …
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