Eurostar announces London-Amsterdam
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Eurostar has announced it will launch services between London and Amsterdam in 2016.
The new route will be launched as part of enhancements on the Dutch high speed line and will run twice a day in journeys expected to take four hours.
Eurostar use one of its new e320 trains on the route, which will run via Brussels stopping at Antwerp, Rotterdam, Schiphol Airport and Amsterdam Centraal.
The train operator hopes to continue its strategy in converting air passengers to rail with the route with more than three million passengers currently flying between London and Amsterdam each year.
“We have long been ambitious for expansion to new destinations so today’s announcement marks a major advance in our growth plans. With over 3 million passengers travelling by air between London and Amsterdam, this is one of Europe’s most popular routes,” said Eurostar’s chief executive Nicolas Petrovic.
“Our fast, comfortable, point-to-point service will greatly enhance the links between the UK and the near continent, revolutionising travel between these important financial and tourist hubs,” he added.
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