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Article: Eurostar credits move to St Pancras for boosting ticket revenues by 25%
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- April 15, 2008
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Five months ago, Eurostar executives were toasting the rail
operator's successful move from Waterloo to St Pancras at the
elegant champagne bar in its new terminal. They no doubt broke out
the bubbly again yesterday after reporting record passenger numbers
and revenues for the first three months of the year - as customers
flock to the high-speed cross-Channel service which promotes itself
as the eco-friendly transport of choice.
Eurostar ticket sales leapt by 25 per cent to 178.4m between
January and March - the group's first full quarter since the big
move across London. Passenger traffic rose 21 per cent to 2.17
million, while punctuality hit an all-time high of 93.6 per cent.
Nick Mercer, ...