Eurostar (the high-speed rail line) eyes ambitious European expansion

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Eurostar eyes new routes to Europe
Green transport news - by GreenWise staff

15th May 2012


The cross-Channel train operator Eurostar is looking to cement its reputation as the greenest option for short-haul international travel in Europe by adding up to 10 new destinations.

Eurostar is looking to develop new services from its base at St Pancras, London, into the Netherlands, Germany, southern France and Switzerland, according to a report in the Financial Times. The new routes will be developed over the next five years and will directly compete with airlines that operate in those markets.

"By 2016 and 2017 we would like people when they are thinking about traveling to these cities to consider taking Eurostar rather than flying," Nicolas Petrovic, chief executive of Eurostar told the FT.

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The company, which carries nearly 10 million passengers a year running fast-speed trains from London to Paris and Brussels, has already cut the carbon from passenger journeys by 25 per cent and aims to reduce emissions from its operations and supply chain by 25 per cent by 2015. ..................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.greenwisebusiness.co.uk/news/eurostar-eyes-new-routes-to-europe-3311.aspx

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1. Meanwhile here, high speed rail funding gets killed in 10 states.