Eurostar

Eurostar
Top: Eurostar PBKA used for services within continental Europe. Bottom: Eurostar e320 used for cross-channel services.
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Eurostar is a high-speed train service in Western Europe connecting London and Kent in the United Kingdom with Paris and Lille in France, and Brussels in Belgium. All Eurostar trains cross the English Channel through the Channel Tunnel.

The service is operated by 18-carriage Class 373 trains at up to 300 km/h (186 mph) on a network of high-speed lines. Since Eurostar began in 1994, new lines have been built in Belgium (HSL 1) and Southern England (High Speed 1) to the same standard as the LGV Nord line originally used in France, reducing journey times. The two-stage Channel Tunnel Rail Link project was completed on 14 November 2007, when the London terminus of Eurostar transferred from Waterloo International to St Pancras International station.

Fleet

Fleet details

Class Image Top speed Number in use Unit numbers Routes operated Built
km/h mph
International
Eurostar e300 300 186 11
  • 373001–373022
  • 373101–373108
  • 373201–373202
  • 373205–373224
  • 373229–373232
1992–1996
Eurostar e320 320 200 17
  • 374001–374034
  • London – Paris
  • London – Brussels
  • London – Amsterdam
  • London – Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy
 2011–2018
Europe
PBA 320 200 9 4532–4540
1996
PBKA 320 200 17
  • 4301-4307
  • 4331-4332
  • 4341-4346
  • Paris – Brussels – Amsterdam
  • Paris – Brussels – Cologne – Dortmund
 1997

Past fleet

Class Image Type Top speed Number
operated		 Notes
mph km/h
Class 37 Diesel locomotive 90 145 12 They're used to be used on sleeper services in Britain. Eurostar has three locomotives for the rescue of failed trains, route learning and driver training, In November 2007 they were sold to Direct Rail Services
Class 73 Electro-diesel locomotive 90 145 2 Were used to rescue failed trains..
Class 92 Electric locomotive 87 140 7 They were meant to operate the Nightstar sleeper services but Eurostar never used them and sold them in 2007.
Class 373 Eurostar e300 EMU 186 300 38 11 in operation, 10 in storage, 17 scrapped, 4 power cars preserved.

References

  1. ↑ "Eurostar Depot for Stratford". railwaypeople.com. 10 December 2004. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
  2. ↑ "Eurostar loans a class 73 locomotive for South Wales regeneration initiative" (Press release). Eurostar. 20 June 2007. Archived from the original on 29 May 2009. Retrieved 21 August 2007.
  3. ↑ "Eurostar teams up with Railschool in East London to create training opportunities for young people" (Press release). Eurostar. 26 June 2007. Archived from the original on 29 May 2009. Retrieved 21 August 2007.
  4. ↑ "Development for Europorte 2: Eurotunnel buys five Class 92 locomotives" (Press release). Eurotunnel. 15 February 2007. Retrieved 21 April 2009.