Eurostar to launch Amsterdam services
Eurostar will launch direct services between London and Amsterdam from December 2016 after signing an agreement with the Dutch railways.
It plans to run two services a day, with journey times of around four hours.
These services will run via Brussels to Amsterdam stopping at Antwerp, Rotterdam, Schiphol Airport and Amsterdam Centraal.
The service will feature Eurostar’s new e320 trains, which will be interoperable and will be compatible with the Dutch high-speed signalling systems.
Eurostar said the move was part of its ambitions to expand its business beyond its existing destinations and to encourage passengers to choose high speed rail over air travel.
Since becoming a stand-alone entity, it has introduced new services to the Swiss Alps and Provence.
The London-Amsterdam route is the largest, international airline market in Europe attracting over 3 million business and leisure passengers.
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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