30 years ago, I spent a lot of money to buy Eurotunnel shares. Although this didn’t pay off financially, it still makes me proud to have been part of this great development.<\/p>\n
This morning heralded the launch of direct high-speed passenger rail services between London and Amsterdam via the Channel Tunnel.<\/p>\n
On the eve of the UK leaving the European Union, this new link is a very powerful sign of confidence in the strength of cross-Channel traffic. The new Eurostar service, in the medium term, should capture a little over a quarter of the air traffic on the route, equivalent to more than a million passengers per year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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