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Article: The train now departing St Pancras is heading for Europe at 186mph
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- Yorkshire Post
- Article date:
- November 15, 2007
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THE fastest ever Eurostar services to Paris and Brussels have
launched at St Pancras. Was it worth the hype? Tom Smithard took a
first-class seat to find out.
I HAVE always thought travelling on Britain's flagship East Coast
Main Line quite the treat: zipping through Yorkshire and the
Midlands at a bombastic 125mph on GNER's royal-blue liveried trains.
But let me tell you - you ain't experienced nothing yet. Because
if you thought 125mph eye-poppingly fast enough, you're in for a
whole new commuting experience when you experience the delights of
Eurostar's High Speed 1.
Yesterday saw the culmination of two of the country's biggest
building schemes since the Millennium Dome, as Eurostar ...