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How to consistently get London-Brussels or Brussels-London Eurostar tickets for €49 single

NOTE: this system has been replaced in 2022 with a new “De Connect” ticket. You can find out how that works in this new post! I’m a regular traveller on Eurostar, and I often travel onwards from Brussels to Germany by train, so much in fact that I am used[Read More…]

13.07.2011 67 comments

Eurostar rebrands – suppose I’ll get used to it

So my favourite rail service – Eurostar – is being rebranded. The old E* logo, in use from the start of the service in the mid-1990s, is to be replaced with a silver 3D logo, dark blue background and a yellow caps sans serif font. There is also an adaption[Read More…]

05.04.2011 0 comments

DB Schenker takes to the rails in the UK

It was a small flash of white on maroon, but it meant so much – the DB Schenker logo on the side of a Class 60 UK railway engine somewhere between Chesterfield and Derby on 3rd October, out of the window from my Sheffield-London train. If anyone can help improve[Read More…]

06.10.2008 0 comments

Eurostar grandeur

My Eurostar leans into a curve as the twinkling lights of Calais disappear into the distance, accelerating into northern France. With the dark of an autumn evening outside the window only the dull reverberations of the air on the carriage walls convey the impression of speed. Yet only forty-five minutes[Read More…]

17.11.2007 0 comments

The 0805 to St Pancras International

I was on it – the first ever 0805 Eurostar train from Brussels Midi to London St Pancras International on 15th November, the 2nd day of operation of the new high speed line. The line itself is relatively unexciting – a quick dip in a tunnel under the Thames at[Read More…]

16.11.2007 3 comments

You carry your prejudices with you: Eurostar advertising

I’m a big fan of Eurostar, the highspeed rail service between London and Paris / Brussels. It’s efficient, reliable, and so much better than flying. Further, thanks to the recent security problems at UK airports, the company is doing excellent business. But what about their advertising?

29.10.2006 3 comments

OK, being community spirited is not such a good idea

On my wave of being socially responsible in London (see this post), I decided to do the same again and try to prevent my fellow passengers on the Stansted Express last night getting stuck at Tottenham Hale. But this time I encountered opposition and inaction. Maybe that will teach me[Read More…]

10.10.2005 0 comments

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How to consistently get London-Brussels or Brussels-London Eurostar tickets for €49 single

Eurostar rebrands – suppose I’ll get used to it

DB Schenker takes to the rails in the UK

Eurostar grandeur

The 0805 to St Pancras International

You carry your prejudices with you: Eurostar advertising

OK, being community spirited is not such a good idea

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