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Article: My battle of Waterloo; Overnight challenge: Eurostar boss Richard Brown at the plush new surroundings of St Pancras International.
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- The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- November 4, 2007
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Byline: DAVID WHITE
As the crow flies, it is less than two miles from London's Waterloostation to St Pancras. But for Eurostar boss Richard Brown, moving operationsfrom one to the other is likely to be the biggest journey of his life.
From November 14, the 19th Century grandeur of St Pancras station - refurbishedat a cost of [pounds sterling]800 million - will host London's terminal for the fastest-everservices to Paris and Brussels and Brown, 54, cannot hide his pride at thisbreakthrough.
'It will mark a new era in rail travel,' he says. 'We are setting new standardsfor travel to and from the Continent in terms of speed, safety, comfort andpunctuality - and ...