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Article: Eurostar is on track for double-decker trains, with London's St Pancras as hub.
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- Sunday Business (London, England)
- Article date:
- September 19, 2004
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Byline: Tracey Boles
Sep. 19--Eurostar is considering bringing in double-decker trains to maximise the use of pathways through the Channel Tunnel, on which it has to pay tolls.
The Business can also reveal that Eurostar management is leaning towards St Pancras in north London as the service's new hub once the second section of the high-speed rail link in the south-east of England is opened in 2007. At present, Eurostar's terminal is in Waterloo.
The train service, under chief executive Richard Brown, is looking ahead to the next 10 years as it approaches its 10th anniversary this November.
The use of "Duplex" trains -- which would not ...