|
|
Article: Entente over new station not so cordiale; The first train to leave the UK from Channel Tunnel train company Eurostar's new international terminal defied strikers in Paris yesterday to reach the French capital on time. Here, tries out out the service The Eurostar train at the new St Pancras terminal.(News)
- Article from:
- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- November 15, 2007
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2007 Birmingham Post & Mail Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Byline: Peter Woodman
The French have never really forgiven the British for Waterloo, and now they seem to have it in for us over St Pancras as well.
For on the day the Channel Tunnel highspeed train company Eurostar moved its headquarters from one main London station to another, the French decided to go on strike.
And this was not just any old strike, either.
It was a transport strike.
So what should have been a simple task to see ...