According to a spokeswoman for Eurotunnel, Eurostar trains were on the average only 36 to 40 percent full last weekend.

As the Eurostar trains have had their 750V shoes removed, they can no longer use this line.

This effectively freed the way for Siemens to build the new Eurostar trains, the first of which is expected to enter service in late 2014.

Eurostar trains need this information since they operate both on high speed tracks and in the tunnel.

In later life he became design director of the Eurostar trains.

The fastest way to cover the 193 miles between the two cities is by a Eurostar train, which goes through the Channel Tunnel.

Tickets for Eurostar trains, the most reliable, can be booked and purchased on line at www.

Eurostar Fast trains passing through the station do not stop there.

So, come Sept. 28, which will be faster - low-cost airline or Eurostar train?

He managed to escape the country on the Eurostar train, although photos of him plastered the walls of the station.