Eurostar posts record passenger figures
Reuters reports that high speed cross-Channel train service Eurostar carried a record number of passengers in 2007, with ticket sales rising 15.5 per cent from 2006 to reach 599 million pounds.
Eurostar carried a record number of passengers in 2007 and saw its ticket sales surge, with the company saying its passenger numbers broke the 8 million mark for the first time, Eurostar carrying 8.26 million passengers last year, up 5.1 per cent on the previous year.
Ticket sales rose 15.5 per cent from 2006 to reach £599 million.
The 2007 rugby World Cup in France boosted traffic and Eurostar added that the recent launch of new high-speed train services from the renovated St Pancras station had also led to an increase in sales.
“We expect to see this growth continue throughout 2008,” Eurostar Chief Executive Richard Brown said in a statement.
Eurostar began public services in November 1994.
Eurostar services are handled by France’s SNCF railway and Belgium’s SNCB on their respective territories and on the British side, this is done by the ICRR consortium, which comprises National Express.
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