Eurostar plans more routes more routes

In a direct challenge to other train operators and the airlines, Eurostar is looking to run new services from London into Europe.

The SNCF affiliate now holds an 80 percent market share between London, Paris and Brussels, carrying 9.7m passengers a year. Nicolas Petrovic, chief executive, has said he is planning to use the liberalisation of European rail markets to now launch services to destinations including Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Cologne, Lyon, Marseille and Geneva. “By 2016 and 2017 we...